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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krumpaz

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

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gerb- (to shrink, shrivel), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (to twist, turn, bend).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrum.pɑz/

Adjective

*krumpaz

  1. bent, crooked, curved

Inflection


  • *krempaną

Descendants

  • Old English: crump, crumb
    • Middle English: crumb, crombe, croume, crump, cromp
      • English: crump
      • Scots: crom
        • Scots: crummet, crommat
  • Old Frisian: krumb
    • Saterland Frisian: kruum
    • West Frisian: krom, krûm
  • Old Saxon: krumb
  • Old Dutch: krumb, crumb (in placenames)
  • Old High German: krumb, krumpf, krumm
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