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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrōk
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz.
Noun
*hrōk m
- rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hrōk | |
Genitive | *hrōkas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hrōk | *hrōkō, *hrōkōs |
Accusative | *hrōk | *hrōkā |
Genitive | *hrōkas | *hrōkō |
Dative | *hrōkē | *hrōkum |
Instrumental | *hrōku | *hrōkum |
Descendants
- Old English: hrōc
- Middle English: roc, roke, rook
- Scots: ruke, ruik
- English: rook
- Middle English: roc, roke, rook
- Old Frisian:
- Saterland Frisian: Rouk
- West Frisian: roek
- Old Saxon: hrōk
- Middle Low German: rôk, rôke
- German Low German: Rook
- Low German: rok
- Middle Low German: rôk, rôke
- Old Dutch: *ruok
- Middle Dutch: roec
- Dutch: roek
- Middle Dutch: roec
- Old High German: hruoh, ruoh; hruoho, ruoho
- Middle High German: ruoch
- German: Ruch
- Middle High German: ruoch
- → Vulgar Latin: *frōcus (see there for further descendants)