Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrōk

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 *hrōkaz.

Noun

*hrōk m

1. rook (Corvus frugilegus)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrōk
Genitive	*hrōkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrōk	*hrōkō, *hrōkōs
Accusative	*hrōk	*hrōkā
Genitive	*hrōkas	*hrōkō
Dative	*hrōkē	*hrōkum
Instrumental	*hrōku	*hrōkum

Descendants

• Old English: hrōc
  • Middle English: roc, roke, rook
    • Scots: ruke, ruik
    • English: rook
• Old Frisian:
  • Saterland Frisian: Rouk
  • West Frisian: roek
• Old Saxon: hrōk
  • Middle Low German: rôk, rôke
    • German Low German: Rook
    • Low German: rok
• Old Dutch: *ruok
  • Middle Dutch: roec
    • Dutch: roek
• Old High German: hruoh, ruoh; hruoho, ruoho
  • Middle High German: ruoch
    • German: Ruch
• → Vulgar Latin: *frocum (see there for further descendants)