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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kreupaną

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

According to Kroonen, the derivations containing -p(p)- and -b(b)- show that the root was originally Pre-Germanic *kreupp-, from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-, rather than the traditionally given *grewb-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreu̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kreupaną

  1. to twist, to creep

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old English: crēopan
  • Old Frisian: krūpa, kriāpa, kriēpa, krēpa
    • Old East Frisian: crjippa
      • Saterland Frisian: kjoope
    • West Frisian: krippe, krûpe
  • Old Saxon: kriopan
  • Old Dutch: *crūpan
  • Old High German: kriofan, *krūfan
    • Middle High German: kriefen, krūfen
      • German: kraufen, (krüpfen) (dialectal)
      • Alemannic German (chrüpfen)
      • Central Franconian: kruffe
  • Old Norse: krjúpa
    • Icelandic: krjúpa
    • Faroese: krúpa
    • Norwegian:
    • Old Swedish: krȳpa
    • Old Danish: krȳpæ
    • Westrobothnian: krúp’, krýp’
    • Elfdalian: kriuopa
    • Gutnish: kräupe
    • Scanian: krýba

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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