Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kranō

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 *kranô.

Noun

*kranō m

1. crane (bird)

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kranō
Genitive	*kranini, *kranan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kranō	*kranan
Accusative	*kranan	*kranan
Genitive	*kranini, *kranan	*krananō
Dative	*kranini, *kranan	*kranum
Instrumental	*kranini, *kranan	*kranum

Derived terms

• *kranuk

Related terms

• *kran
• *krōn

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *krana
  • Saterland Frisian: Kroane
  • West Frisian: kraan
• Old Saxon: krano
  • Middle Low German: krāne, krāen, krān
    • German Low German: Kraan
    • Westphalian:

      Westmünsterländisch: Kraan

    • → Danish: kran
      • → Icelandic: kran
    • → Estonian: kraan (or from German Kran)
    • → Latvian: krāns
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: kran
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kran
    • → Swedish: kran
      • → Finnish: kraana
• Old Dutch: *crano
  • Middle Dutch: crāne, crāen
    • Dutch: kraan (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: kraan
    • West Flemish: kraan
      • → Walloon: cråne
• Old High German: krano
  • Middle High German: krane
    • German: Kran
    • Hunsrik: Kraan
    • Luxembourgish: Krunn
    • >? Yiddish: (or via Slavic) קראַן (kran)