Proto-West Germanic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *krabitaz.
*krabit m
- crustacean (crab, lobster, crayfish)
Inflection
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Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*krabit
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Genitive
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*krabitas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*krabit
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*krabitō, *krabitōs
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Accusative
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*krabit
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*krabitā
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Genitive
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*krabitas
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*krabitō
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Dative
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*krabitē
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*krabitum
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Instrumental
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*krabitu
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*krabitum
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Descendants
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- Old Saxon: krevit
- Old Dutch: *crevet
- Old High German: krebiz, krebazzo
- → Old French: crevice, crevez, crevis, crevesce, creveche, creveis, escrevise, escreveice, escreviche (either from a diminutive *krabitjō or from Old High German krebiz)
- Middle French: escrevice, escrevisse, escrevisce, crevis, creviche, crevice
- → Middle Dutch: crevetse
- → Middle English: crevis, crevyse, creuez, crevez, crevise, creveys, crevesse, krevys