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

Alternative forms

• *kribbijǭ

Etymology

From *krebô, 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *kribbjā, *krippjā
  • 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
        • → German: Kribbe
  • Old Dutch: kribba
    • Middle Dutch: cribbe
      • Dutch: krib
  • → Latin: *creppea, *creppia (via Frankish)
    • ⇒ 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: Krepp

        Hunsrik: Kripp

        Luxembourgish: Krëpp

      • German: Krippe
      • Rhine Franconian: Kripp

        Frankfurterisch: IPA [kʀip]

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