Reconstruction:Old Dutch/crano

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô.

Noun

*crano m

1. crane (bird)

Inflection

Declension of *crano (masculine weak n-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	crano	cranon, -un
accusative	crano	cranon, -un
genitive	cranin	cranono
dative	cranon, -in	cranon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: crāne, crāen
  • Dutch: kraan (see there for further descendants)
  • Limburgish: kraan
  • West Flemish: kraan
    • → Walloon: cråne

Further reading

• “krano”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012