Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrabô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Apparently from a quasi-Proto-Indo-European *krobʰ-on-, of likely onomatopoeic origin,[1] similar to that of Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, the latter whence Latin corvus, Proto-Balto-Slavic *śárˀkāˀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxrɑβ.ɔːː/

Noun

*hrabô m[1]

  1. raven

Inflection

Declension of *hrabô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hrabô *hrabaniz
vocative *hrabô *hrabaniz
accusative *hrabanų *hrabanunz
genitive *hrabiniz *hrabanǫ̂
dative *hrabini *hrabammaz
instrumental *hrabinē *hrabammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrab/ppan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240
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