Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krāan

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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-Germanic

Etymology

From imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH-, *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).[1]

Verb

*krāan

  1. (West Germanic) to crow, to shout

Inflection

Conjugation of *krēaną (strong class 7d)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *krēō *krēaų — *krēai ?
2nd singular *krēizi *krēaiz *krē *krēazai *krēaizau
3rd singular *krēidi *krēai *krēadau *krēadai *krēaidau
1st dual *krēōz *krēaiw — — —
2nd dual *krēadiz *krēaidiz *krēadiz — —
1st plural *krēamaz *krēaim — *krēandai *krēaindau
2nd plural *krēid *krēaid *krēid *krēandai *krēaindau
3rd plural *krēandi *krēain *krēandau *krēandai *krēaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *kekrē *kekrēį̄
2nd singular *kekrēt *kekrēīz
3rd singular *kekrē *kekrēī
1st dual *kekrēū *kekrēīw
2nd dual *kekrēudiz *kekrēīdiz
1st plural *kekrēum *kekrēīm
2nd plural *kekrēud *kekrēīd
3rd plural *kekrēun *kekrēīn
present past
participles *krēandz *krēanaz

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. ^ “crow”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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