Reconstruction:Old English/croc

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 *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“something bent”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr, Swedish krok (“crook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kroːk/

Noun

*crōc m

1. crook, hook

Declension

Declension of *croc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	crōc	crōcas
accusative	crōc	crōcas
genitive	crōces	crōca
dative	crōce	crōcum

Derived terms

• *crōcian

Descendants

• Middle English: crok, croke
  • Scots: cruke, creuk, crewk, cruik
  • English: crook
  • → Irish: crúca