Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kribjǭ

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 *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from *ger- (“to turn, twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkriβ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kribjǭ f

1. a wickerwork; crate; wooden trough; manger
2. a stall; crib

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kribjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kribjǭ	*kribjōniz
vocative	*kribjǭ	*kribjōniz
accusative	*kribjōnų	*kribjōnunz
genitive	*kribjōniz	*kribjōnǫ̂
dative	*kribjōni	*kribjōmaz
instrumental	*kribjōnē	*kribjōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: cribb, crybb, crib, cryb
  • Middle English: cribbe, crib
    • English: crib
    • Scots: crib, cryb
• Old Frisian: kribbe
  • Saterland Frisian: Kräbbe, Krääb, Krääf
  • West Frisian: krêbe
• Old Saxon: kribbia
  • Middle Low German: kribbe, krübbe
    • German Low German: Krübbe, Krübb
    • Low German: kribbe, krubbe
• Frankish: *kribbija, *krippija, *kribba
  • Old Dutch: kribba
    • Middle Dutch: cribbe
      • Dutch: krib
  • → Latin: *creppea, *creppia
    • ⇒ Late Latin: cripia (see there for further descendants)
• Old High German: crippea, crippa, kribba, krippa; chripfa, krippha, kripfa, kripha
  • Middle High German: krippe; kripfe
    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Kripp

      Luxembourgish: Krëpp

    • German: Krippe; Kripfe
    • Rhine Franconian: Kripp

      Frankfurterisch: IPA [kʀip]

    • South Franconian: Kripf
• Old Norse: krubba
  • Danish: krybbe
  • Faroese: krubba
  • Icelandic: krubba
  • Norwegian: krybbe
  • Swedish: krubba