Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kreukaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Kroonen the verb was associated with *kreupaną (“to crawl”) from an early stage. He suggests that the root final -k to arose from an earlier geminate -kk, which was adopted from the iterative verb *krukkōną. Related to Old Irish gruc (“wrinkle”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]*kreukaną[1]
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *kreukaną (strong class 2)