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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kruppōną

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 Pre-Germanic *grubʰnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *kreupaną, *krūpaną (to crawl), which was possibly back-formed to the iterative. Related to Lithuanian grubineti (to stumble).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kruppōną

  1. to crawl, crouch

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *krupp- against non-singular *krub-.

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: cropen
  • German (Rhinelandic): kruppen

References

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