Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kankr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cancus, from Latin cancer.

Noun

*kankr m

crab
Synonyms: *krabbō, *krabit
tumor, cancer

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kankr
Genitive	*kankras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kankr	kankrō, kankrōs
Accusative	*kankr	*kankrā
Genitive	*kankras	*kankrō
Dative	*kankrē	*kankrum
Instrumental	*kankru	*kankrum

Descendants

Old English: cancer, cancor
- Middle English: canker, cancre, cancer, cankre, cankyr, kankir, kanker (partially from Old French cancre)
  - English: canker
Old Frisian: *kanker
- West Frisian: kanker
Old Saxon: *kankar
- Middle Low German: kanker, canker, cancer, cancher, canser
  - German Low German: Kanker
Old Dutch: *kankar
- Middle Dutch: canker
  - Dutch: kanker
    - Afrikaans: kanker
    - → Indonesian: kanker
Old High German: kankur, kancur, kankar
- Middle High German: kanker
  - German: Kanker