Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krabblōną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *krabbô (“crab”) + *-lōną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*krabblōną
- (intransitive) to crawl, paw
- (transitive) to touch continuously
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *krabblōną (weak class 2)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: *crabblian (possibly (?))
- Middle English: *crabbelen
- English: crabble (likely borrowed from Dutch or Low German)
- Middle English: *crabbelen
- Old Frisian: *krablia, *kravlia
- Old Saxon: *krabbalōn
- Old Dutch: *krabbalon
- Old High German: *krabbalōn
- Old Norse: krafla (< *krablōną)
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*krablōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220