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