Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krampō

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 Proto-Indo-European *grem- (“to bind together, unite; lap, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to unite, collect, forgather”).

Noun

*krampō f

cramp
clasp

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *krampō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*krampō	*krampôz
vocative	*krampō	*krampôz
accusative	*krampǭ	*krampōz
genitive	*krampōz	*krampǫ̂
dative	*krampōi	*krampōmaz
instrumental	*krampō	*krampōmiz

Related terms

*krampaz
*krampijaną
*krimpaną

Descendants

Old Saxon: krampo
- Middle Low German: krampe
  - Low German: Kramp
  - Danish: krampe
  - Swedish: kramp
  - Norwegian: krampe
  - Icelandic: krampa
  - German: Krampe
Old Frankish: *krampa
- Old Dutch: *krampa
  - Middle Dutch: crampe
    - Dutch: kramp
- Old French: cranpe, crampe
  - Middle French: crampe
    - French: crampe
  - Middle English: crampe, craumpe
    - Scots: cramp
    - English: cramp
  - Middle Latin: crampa
    - Italian: crampo
    - Venetian: sgranfo
  - → Galician: grampa
Old High German: krampfo, krampho, chrampho; chramph
- Middle High German: cramph, kramph
  - German: Krampf
  - Luxembourgish: Kramp
Gothic: 𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌰 (krampa)
- → Galician: cambra
- → Portuguese: cãibra, câimbra
- → Spanish: calambre