Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hrabn

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

Alternative forms

• *hrabō

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.

Noun

*hrabn m

1. raven

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hrabn
Genitive	*hrabnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hrabn	*hrabnō, *hrabnōs
Accusative	*hrabn	*hrabnā
Genitive	*hrabnas	*hrabnō
Dative	*hrabnē	*hrabnum
Instrumental	*hrabnu	*hrabnum

Descendants

Some descendants are from the an-stem form *hrabō

• Old English: hræfn, hrefn, hræmn, hremn, hræfen
  • Middle English: raven, reven, revin
    • English: raven
    • Scots: ravin, revin, rawin
• Old Frisian: ravan
  • Saterland Frisian: Roave (possibly from Middle Low German)
  • West Frisian: raven
• Old Saxon: hravan, hraƀan, ravan
  • Middle Low German: rāven, rāve, rāvene, rāmme
    • German Low German: Raav, Roov

      Westphalian:

      Ravensbergisch: Räwe

      Lippisch: Rabe

      Westmünsterländisch: Raawe, Raabe

    • Plautdietsch: Rowen
• Old Dutch: ravan
  • Middle Dutch: rāven
    • Dutch: raaf
• Old High German: raban, hraban, hram, ram, rabo, rappo
  • Middle High German: raben, ram; rabe, rab, rappe, rapp; rauen (plural; Niederrheinisch)
    • Alemannic German: Rapp
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Raab, Raaf

      Luxembourgish: Ramm

    • German: Rabe
    • Rhine Franconian: Rab, Ramm, Rapp

      Frankfurterisch: [ʀɑːp]

    • Yiddish: ראָב (rob)