Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kribjǭ

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 *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to turn, twist”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkriβ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kribjǭ f

a wickerwork; crate; wooden trough; manger
a stall; crib

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kribjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kribjǭ	*kribjōniz
vocative	*kribjǭ	*kribjōniz
accusative	*kribjōnų	*kribjōnunz
genitive	*kribjōniz	*kribjōnǫ̂
dative	*kribjōni	*kribjōmaz
instrumental	*kribjōnē	*kribjōmiz

Descendants

Old English: cribb, crybb, crib, cryb
- Middle English: cribbe, crib
  - Scots: crib, cryb
  - English: crib
Old Frisian: kribbe
- Saterland Frisian: Kräbbe, Krääb, Krääf
- West Frisian: krêbe
Old Saxon: kribbia
- Middle Low German: kribbe, krübbe
  - German Low German: Krübbe, Krübb
  - Low German: kribbe, krubbe
Frankish: *kribbija, *krippija, *kribba
- Old Dutch: kribba
  - Middle Dutch: cribbe
    - Dutch: krib
- → Latin: *creppea, *creppia
  - ⇒ Late Latin: cripia (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: crippea, crippa, kribba, krippa; chripfa, krippha, kripfa, kripha
- Middle High German: krippe; kripfe
  - German: Krippe; Kripfe
  - Luxembourgish: Krëpp
Old Norse: krubba
- Danish: krybbe
- Faroese: krubba
- Icelandic: krubba
- Norwegian: krybbe
- Swedish: krubba