Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krīdā

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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *crēda and Latin crēta.

Noun

*krīdā f

1. chalk

   Synonym: *kalk

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krīdā
Genitive	*krīdōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krīdā	*krīdōn
Accusative	*krīdōn	*krīdōn
Genitive	*krīdōn	*krīdōnō
Dative	*krīdōn	*krīdōm, *krīdum
Instrumental	*krīdōn	*krīdōm, *krīdum

Alternative reconstructions

• *krītā

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *krīt n
  • Saterland Frisian: Kriet
  • West Frisian: kryt
• Old Saxon: krīda, *krīta
  • Middle Low German: krîte, krît
    • German Low German: Kried
    • Plautdietsch: Kjried
    • → Danish: kridt
    • → Estonian: kriit
    • → Faroese: krit
    • → Icelandic: krít
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: kritt
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: krit
    • → Swedish: krita
• Old Dutch: *krīta
  • Middle Dutch: crijt
    • Dutch: krijt
      • Negerhollands: kried
      • → Papiamentu: kreit, krijt
      • → Sranan Tongo: kreiti, kreeti
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: kreiti
        • → Saramaccan: keéti
• Old High German: krīda
  • Middle High German: krīde
    • Cimbrian: khraida
    • German: Kreide
    • Luxembourgish: Kräid
    • Vilamovian: krajd
    • Yiddish: קרײַד (krayd)
    • → Bulgarian: креда (kreda)
    • → Czech: křída
    • → Macedonian: креда (kreda)
    • → Lower Sorbian: krida
    • → Old Ruthenian: крейда (krejda) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Polish: kreda
    • → Serbo-Croatian: креда / kreda
    • → Slovene: kreda