Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kranuk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative forms

*kranik

Etymology

From *kranō or *kran (“crane”) +‎ *-uk (diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

*kranuk m

crane (bird)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kranuk
Genitive	*kranukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kranuk	kranukō, kranukōs
Accusative	*kranuk	*kranukā
Genitive	*kranukas	*kranukō
Dative	*kranukē	*kranukum
Instrumental	*kranuku	*kranukum

Descendants

Old English: cranoc, cornuc
Old Saxon: *kranuk, *kranik
- Middle Low German: krānek, krānk
  - German Low German: Kraank
  - Plautdietsch: Kraunkje
Old High German: chranuh, chranih, kranuh, kranih
- Middle High German: kranech, kranch, kranc, krenech, krenich, krench
  - German: Kranich
    - → Saterland Frisian: Kranich

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*kranukaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 221

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*kranukaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 221