Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krabbō

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

From Proto-Germanic *krabbô.

Noun

*krabbō m[1]

crab

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krabbō
Genitive	*krabbini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krabbō	*krabban
Accusative	*krabban	*krabban
Genitive	*krabbini	*krabbanō
Dative	*krabbini	*krabbum
Instrumental	*krabbini	*krabbum

Descendants

Old English: crabba
- Middle English: crabbe
  - Scots: crab, craib
  - English: crab
Old Frisian: *krabba
- North Frisian: kraab
- Saterland Frisian: Krabbe
- West Frisian: kraab, krab
Old Saxon: *krabbo
- Middle Low German: krabbe
  - German Low German: Krabbe, Krabb
  - Low German: Krabbe
  - → German: Krabbe
  - → Lower Sorbian: kraba
Old Dutch: *crabbo
- Middle Dutch: crabbe
  - Dutch: krab
    - Afrikaans: krap
  - Limburgish: krab
  - → Walloon: crappe, crape
  - → Picard: crape
Old High German: *chrappo, *krappo
- Middle High German: krappe
  - German: Krappe
  - Luxembourgish: Krabb

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *krabbō”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *krabbō”