Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kranō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kranô.

Noun

*kranō m[1][2]

crane (bird)

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kranō
Genitive	kranini, kranan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kranō	*kranan
Accusative	*kranan	*kranan
Genitive	kranini, kranan	*krananō
Dative	kranini, kranan	*kranum
Instrumental	kranini, kranan	*kranum

Derived terms

*kranuk

Related terms

*kran[1][2]
*krōn

Descendants

Old Frisian: *krana
- Saterland Frisian: Kroane
- West Frisian: kraan
Old Saxon: krano
- Middle Low German: krāne, krāen, krān
  - German Low German: Kraan
  - Westphalian:
    Westmünsterländisch: Kraan
  - → Danish: kran
    - → Icelandic: kran
  - → Estonian: kraan (or from German Kran)
  - → Lithuanian: krāns
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: kran
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: kran
  - → Swedish: kran
    - → Finnish: kraana
Old Dutch: *crano
- Middle Dutch: crāne, crāen
  - Dutch: kraan (see there for further descendants)
  - Limburgish: kraan
  - West Flemish: kraan
    - → Walloon: cråne
Old High German: krano
- Middle High German: krane
  - German: Kran
  - Hunsrik: Kraan
  - Luxembourgish: Krunn

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*krana/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 301
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*kranōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220

[EDPG-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*krana/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 301

[HGE-2] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*kranōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220