Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krūsā

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

Unknown.

Noun

*krūsā f

1. pitcher, jug

   Synonym: *krūkā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krūsā
Genitive	*krūsōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krūsā	*krūsōn
Accusative	*krūsōn	*krūsōn
Genitive	*krūsōn	*krūsōnō
Dative	*krūsōn	*krūsōm, *krūsum
Instrumental	*krūsōn	*krūsōm, *krūsum

Alternative reconstructions

• *krōsō m, *krōs m or n, *krūs m or n

Descendants

• Old English: crūse
  • Middle English: cruse, crouse, croos
    • English: cruse, cruise, cruze
• Old Frisian: *krōs, *krūs m or f or n (possibly from Middle Low German)
  • Saterland Frisian: Krous, Kruus n
  • West Frisian: kroes m or f
• Old Saxon: *krōs, *krūs m or n
  • Middle Low German: krôs, kroes, krois, kroys, krůs, krues, krûs m or n
    • German Low German: Kroos m
    • → Old Norse: krús f (alternatively possibly from Old English)
      • Icelandic: krús f
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: krus f
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: krus n
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: krus n
    • → Swedish: krus n
    • → Danish: krus n
      • → Faroese: krúss n
• Old Dutch: *krōso m
  • Middle Dutch: croese, crose, crouse, creuse, croesen m
    • Dutch: kroes
      • → Caribbean Javanese: krus
• Old High German: krūsa
  • Middle High German: krūse
    • German: Krause