Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krammaz

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pre-Germanic *gʷromsós or, more likely, *gʷromsmós. Related to Lithuanian grimzti (to drown, sink), Serbo-Croatian greznuti (to drown, sink).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

*krammaz

  1. moist

Inflection[edit]


Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Norse: krammr

References[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN