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Reconstruction:Old English/creca

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This Old English 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 English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *krikō, from Proto-Germanic *krikô.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*creca m

  1. inlet, creek
  2. small stream
  3. cleft, gully

Declension

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Weak:

singular plural
nominative *creca *crecan
accusative *crecan *crecan
genitive *crecan *crecena
dative *crecan *crecum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: creke, creake
  • Medieval Latin: creca (Anglo-Latin)