Reconstruction:Old English/creca

This Old English 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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *krikō, from Proto-Germanic *krikô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkre.kɑ/

Noun

*creca m

1. inlet, creek
2. small stream
3. cleft, gully

Declension

Declension of *creca (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	*creca	*crecan
accusative	*crecan	*crecan
genitive	*crecan	*crecena
dative	*crecan	*crecum

Derived terms

• crecca

Descendants

• Middle English: creke, creake
  • English: creek
  • Scots: creik, creick
• → Medieval Latin: creca (Anglo-Latin)