Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krōk

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 *krōkaz (“bend, hook”).

Noun

*krōk m

1. hook

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krōk
Genitive	*krōkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krōk	*krōkō, *krōkōs
Accusative	*krōk	*krōkā
Genitive	*krōkas	*krōkō
Dative	*krōkē	*krōkum
Instrumental	*krōku	*krōkum

Derived terms

• *krōkōn

Descendants

• Old English: *crōc
  • Middle English: crok, croke
    • Scots: cruke, creuk, crewk, cruik
    • English: crook
    • → Irish: crúca
• Old Dutch: *kruok
  • Middle Dutch: croec
• → Vulgar Latin: *crōcus, *crōca
  • Old French: croce, croc, croche
    • Middle French: croche
      • French: croche
        • → Catalan: corxa
        • → Occitan: cròcha
    • Norman: cro (Jèrriais)
    • Walloon: crotche
    • → Middle English: croche
      • English: croche
    • ⇒ Old French: crochet, crochette, croket (diminutive)
      • Middle French: crochet
        • French: crochet, crochée
          • → Catalan: corxera, corxea
          • → English: crochet
          • → Spanish: croché, corchea
          • Portuguese: crochet, crochê, croché, colcheia
      • Walloon: crotchèt
    • ⇒ Old French: acrocher, accrocher, encrocher
      • Middle French: accrocher, acrocher, acrochier, accrochier
        • Middle French: accrocher
      • Walloon: acrotchî, acrotchi, acrotcher, acrotchè
      • → Middle English: acrochen
  • Piedmontese: cròc
  • Sicilian: croccu
  • Medieval Latin: croccus