Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kraftu

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 *kraftuz.

Noun

*kraftu m

strength, power
skill

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kraftu
Genitive	*kraftō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kraftu	kraftiwi, kraftō
Accusative	*kraftu	*kraftū
Genitive	*kraftō	*kraftiwō
Dative	kraftiwi, kraftō	*kraftum
Instrumental	*kraftu	*kraftum

Derived terms

*kraftīg

Descendants

The word was widely reinterpreted as a feminine -ti- noun in the continental languages.

Old English: cræft m
- Middle English: craft
  - English: craft
  - Scots: craft
Old Frisian: kreft f, kraft
- Saterland Frisian: Kraft
- West Frisian: krêft
Old Saxon: kraft m or f, kraht
- Middle Low German: kraft, kracht
  - German Low German: Kraft, Kracht
  - Low German: kraft
  - Plautdietsch: Krauft
Old Dutch: craft f or m, kraft, creft
- Middle Dutch: cracht, craft
  - Dutch: kracht
    - Afrikaans: krag
  - Limburgish: krach
Old High German: kraft f or m
- Middle High German: kraft
  - German: Kraft
  - Hunsrik: Kraft
  - Luxembourgish: Kraaft
  - Vilamovian: kraoft
  - Yiddish: קראַפֿט‎ (kraft)