Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kranô

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑ.nɔːː/

Noun

*kranô m

crane (bird)

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kranô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kranô	*krananiz
vocative	*kranô	*krananiz
accusative	*krananų	*krananunz
genitive	*kraniniz	*krananǫ̂
dative	*kranini	*kranammaz
instrumental	*kraninē	*kranammiz

Derived terms

*kranukaz

Descendants

Old English: cran
- Middle English: crane, cran
  - Scots: cran
  - English: cran, crane
Old Frisian: *kran
- West Frisian: kraan
Old Saxon: *krano
- Middle Low German: krāne, krān
  - German Low German: Kraan
  - Westphalian:
    Westmünsterländisch: Kraan
Old Dutch: *crano
- Middle Dutch: crāne
  - Dutch: kraan
Old High German: krano
- Middle High German: krane, kran
  - German: Kran
    - Luxembourgish: Kran
  - Luxembourgish: Krunn
Old Norse: (trana) (from a related word?)
- Icelandic: (trana)
- Faroese: (trani)
- Norwegian: (trane)
- Swedish: (trana)
- Danish: (trane)
- Gutnish: (trane, trana, tranå)

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