Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krūmô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*krumô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *grūmo- (“something scraped together, lumber, junk; to claw, scratch”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist, wind”).

Noun

*krūmô m

fragment; crumb

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *krūmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*krūmô	*krūmaniz
vocative	*krūmô	*krūmaniz
accusative	*krūmanų	*krūmanunz
genitive	*krūminiz	*krūmanǫ̂
dative	*krūmini	*krūmammaz
instrumental	*krūminē	*krūmammiz

Related terms

*kraumaz

Descendants

Old English: *crūma; cruma
- Middle English: crūme, crowme; crume, crome, crumme, cromme
  - Scots: crum, crumm, cromm
  - English: crum, crumb
Old Frisian: *krūma; *kruma
- Saterland Frisian: Kroume
Old Saxon: *krūmo; *krumo
- Middle Low German: *krūme; krome
  - Low German: Kraume; Krume, Krome, Kröme, Krom, Kröm
Old Dutch: *krūmo; *krumo
- Middle Dutch: crume, cruum, kruyme; crome
  - Dutch: kruim
Old High German: *krūmo; *krumo
- Middle High German: *krūme (in compounds); krume
  - German: Krume
Old Norse: krúmr
- Icelandic: krumur
- Norwegian: krumme
- Swedish: kråm (< Middle Low German?); krumma (dialectal)
- Danish: krumme

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