Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kankr

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

Borrowed from Late Latin cancus, from Latin cancer.

Noun

*kankr m

1. crab

   Synonyms: *krabbō, *krabit

2. tumor, cancer

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kankr
Genitive	*kankras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kankr	*kankrō, *kankrōs
Accusative	*kankr	*kankrā
Genitive	*kankras	*kankrō
Dative	*kankrē	*kankrum
Instrumental	*kankru	*kankrum

Descendants

• Old English: cancer, cancor
  • Middle English: canker, cancre, cancer, cankre, cankyr, kankir, kanker (partially from Old French cancre)
    • English: canker
    • → Welsh: cancr
• Old Frisian: *kanker
  • West Frisian: kanker
• Old Saxon: *kankar
  • Middle Low German: kanker, canker, cancer, cancher, canser
    • German Low German: Kanker
• Old Dutch: *kankar
  • Middle Dutch: canker
    • Dutch: kanker
      • Afrikaans: kanker
      • → Caribbean Javanese: kangker
      • → Indonesian: kanker
      • → Minangkabau: kangker
      • → Papiamentu: kanker
• Old High German: kankur, kancur, kankar
  • Middle High German: kanker
    • German: Kanker