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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kradô

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 Pre-Germanic *grotHón-, from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“to tie”). Cognate with Sanskrit ग्रथ्नाति (grathnāti, “to tie, string together”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɑ.ðɔːː/

Noun

*kradô m

  1. (wicker) basket

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *kradô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kradô *kradaniz
vocative *kradô *kradaniz
accusative *kradanų *krattunz
genitive *krattaz *krattǫ̂
dative *kradini *kradummaz
instrumental *krattē *kradummiz

Descendants

The original paradigm of *krad-, *kratt- allowed for different leveling among the daughter languages.

  • (Old English: crat, cræt n)
  • Old Frisian: *krat, *kret
  • Old Dutch: *kratto, *kratta
  • Old High German: kratto, chratto, kretto, krezzo, chrezzo
    • Middle High German: kratte, krazze, kretze, krezze

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