Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krabitaz

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 *grobʰidos, from the zero-grade form of *gerbʰ- (“to carve, scratch”) + *-itaz, *-utaz (animal suffix) (compare *hurznutō (“hornet”), *herutaz (“deer”), *ganutô (“gander”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑ.βi.tɑz/

Noun

*krabitaz m

1. (West Germanic) A crustacean (crab, lobster, crayfish).

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *krabitaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*krabitaz	*krabitōz, *krabitōs
vocative	*krabit	*krabitōz, *krabitōs
accusative	*krabitą	*krabitanz
genitive	*krabitas, *krabitis	*krabitǫ̂
dative	*krabitai	*krabitamaz
instrumental	*krabitō	*krabitamiz

Derived terms

• *krabitjō

Related terms

• *krabbô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *krabit
  • Old Saxon: krevit
    • Middle Low German: krēvet
      • German Low German: Kreeft, Krefft
      • Plautdietsch: Kjräft
      • → Danish: kræft
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: kreft
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kreft
      • → Old Swedish: krævet, kræveta
        • Swedish: kräfta
  • Old Dutch: *crevet
    • Middle Dutch: creft, crēvet, crēeft
      • Dutch: kreeft
        • Afrikaans: kreef
        • Negerhollands: kreeft, greef
        • → Papiamentu: kref, kreeft
      • Limburgish: kreef
      • → Norman: crabette, cravette, crevette (possibly)
        • → French: crevette
  • Old High German: krebiz, krebazzo
    • Old High German: crebiz, krëbez, krebz
      • Alemannic German: Chräps
      • German: Krebs
        • → Danish: krebs
        • → German Low German: Krebs
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: kreps
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kreps
        • → Saterland Frisian: Krääps
        • → Scanian: krævs
        • → Yiddish: קרעבס (krebs)
      • Luxembourgish: Kriibs
  • → 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
      • French: écrevisse
    • → Middle Dutch: crevetse
    • → Middle English: crevis, crevyse, creuez, crevez, crevise, creveys, crevesse, krevys
      • English: crevis; crayfish, crawfish (influenced by fish)