Reconstruction:Old Dutch/cruca

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 *krūkā.

Noun

*crūca f

1. jug, crock, pitcher

Inflection

Declension of *crūca (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*crūca	*crūca, *crūcon
accusative	*crūca, *crūcon	*crūca, *crūcon
genitive	*crūcon	*crūcono
dative	*crūcon	*crūcon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: cruke, cruyke, cruuc
  • Dutch: kruik
    • Afrikaans: kruik

Further reading

• “krūka”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012