Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krebô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *grébʰ-ōn ~ *grbʰ-n-ōs, from *grebʰ-, a variant of *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to twist, turn”).

Noun

*krebô m

1. basket
2. bucket

Inflection

Declension of *krebô

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krebô	*krebaniz
Vocative	*krebô	*krebaniz
Accusative	*krebanų	*kurpunz
Genitive	*kurpaz	*kurpǫ̂
Dative	*krebini	*krebummaz
Instrumental	*kurpē?	*krebummiz

Derived terms

• *kerbą
  • Old Norse: kerf, kjarf
• *kerbǭ
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kerbā
    • Old Saxon: *kerva
      • Middle Low German: kerve
• *krib(bi)jǭ
• *kreppǭ
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *krippijǭ
• *krubbǭ
  • Old Norse: krubba (see there for further descendants)
• *kruppǭ
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *kruppijǭ
• *kurbǭ
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kurbā
    • Old High German: kurba
• *kurbaz
  • Proto-West Germanic: *korb (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

The original paradigm of *kreb-, *kurpp- (later *krupp-/*kurp-) allowed for different levelling among the daughter languages. See Derived terms above for more.

• Proto-West Germanic: *krebō
  • Old Frisian: *kreva
    • Saterland Frisian: Krääwe, Krääf
  • Old High German: *krebo
    • Middle High German: krebe
      • German: Krebe