Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krebô

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *grébʰ-ōn ~ *grbʰ-n-ōs, from *grebʰ-, a variant of *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to twist, turn”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*krebô m

Inflection

Declension of *krebô
	singular	plural
nominative	*krebô	*krebaniz
vocative	*krebô	*krebaniz
accusative	*krebanų	*kurpunz
genitive	*kurpaz	*kurpǫ̂
dative	*kribini	*krebummaz
instrumental	*kurpē?	*krebummiz

Derived terms

*kerbą
- Old Norse: kerf, kjarf
*kerbǭ
- Proto-West Germanic: *kerbā
  - Old Saxon: *kerva
    - Middle Low German: kerve
*krib(bi)jǭ
*kreppǭ
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *krippijǭ
*krubbǭ
- Old Norse: krubba (see there for further descendants)
*kruppǭ
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *kruppijǭ
*kurbǭ
- Proto-West Germanic: *kurbā
  - Old High German: kurba
*kurbaz
- Proto-West Germanic: *korb (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

The original paradigm of *kreb-, *kurpp- (later *krupp-/*kurp-) allowed for different levelling among the daughter languages. See Derived terms above for more.

Proto-West Germanic: *krebō
- Old Frisian: *kreva
  - Saterland Frisian: Krääwe, Krääf
- Old High German: *krebo
  - Middle High German: krebe
    - German: Krebe