Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kranô

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 *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑ.nɔːː/

Noun

*kranô m

1. crane (bird)

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kranô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kranô	*krananiz
vocative	*kranô	*krananiz
accusative	*krananų	*krananunz
genitive	*kraniniz	*krananǫ̂
dative	*kranini	*kranammaz
instrumental	*kraninē	*kranammiz

Related terms

• *kranaz
• *krōnaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kranō
  • Old Frisian: *krana
    • Saterland Frisian: Kroane
    • West Frisian: kraan
  • Old Saxon: krano
    • Middle Low German: krāne, krāen, krān
      • German Low German: Kraan
      • Westphalian:

        Westmünsterländisch: Kraan

      • → Danish: kran
        • → Icelandic: kran
      • → Estonian: kraan (or from German Kran)
      • → Latvian: krāns
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: kran
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kran
      • → Swedish: kran
        • → Finnish: kraana
  • Old Dutch: *crano
    • Middle Dutch: crāne, crāen
      • Dutch: kraan (see there for further descendants)
      • Limburgish: kraan
      • West Flemish: kraan
        • → Walloon: cråne
  • Old High German: krano
    • Middle High German: krane
      • German: Kran
      • Hunsrik: Kraan
      • Luxembourgish: Krunn
      • >? Yiddish: (or via Slavic) קראַן (kran)
• ⇒ Old Norse: trani m, trana f (perhaps from a related word)
  • Icelandic: trana
  • Faroese: trani
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trane
  • Swedish: trana
  • Danish: trane
  • Gutnish: trane, trana, tranå
  • Old Norse: trönur (derived from the plural)
    • → Anglo-Norman: trone
      • → Medieval Latin: trona (Anglo-Latin)
      • → Middle English: trone
        • English: trone, tron
        • Scots: trone, tron, troan