Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krampō

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 *grem- (“to bind together, unite; lap, pile, heap”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to unite, collect, forgather”).

Noun

*krampō f

1. cramp
2. clasp

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *krampō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*krampō	*krampôz
vocative	*krampō	*krampôz
accusative	*krampǭ	*krampōz
genitive	*krampōz	*krampǫ̂
dative	*krampōi	*krampōmaz
instrumental	*krampō	*krampōmiz

Related terms

• *krampaz
• *krampijaną
• *krimpaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *krampu
  • Old Frisian: *krampe, *krompe
    • Saterland Frisian: Krompe
    • West Frisian: kramp
  • Old Saxon: krampo
    • Middle Low German: krampe
      • German Low German: Kramp
      • → Danish: krampe
      • → Swedish: kramp
        • → Finnish: kramppi
      • → Norwegian: krampe
      • → Icelandic: krampa
      • → German: Krampe
  • Old Dutch: *krampa
    • Middle Dutch: crampe
      • Dutch: kramp
      • → Middle English: crampe, crompe (“metal bar”)
        • English: cramp
  • → Old French: cranpe, crampe
    • Middle French: crampe
      • French: crampe
    • → Middle English: crampe, craumpe (“spasm”)
      • Scots: cramp
      • English: cramp
    • → Medieval Latin: crampa
      • → Italian: crampo
      • → Venetian: sgranfo
    • → Galician: grampa
  • Old High German: krampfo, krampho, chrampho; chramph
    • Middle High German: cramph, kramph
      • German: Krampf
      • Luxembourgish: Kramp
  • Lombard: ranf
• Gothic: 𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌰 (krampa)
  • → Galician: cambra
  • → Portuguese: cãibra, câimbra
  • → Spanish: calambre