Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kranô

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑ.nɔːː/

Noun edit

*kranô m

crane (bird)

Inflection edit

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kranô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kranô	*krananiz
vocative	*kranô	*krananiz
accusative	*krananų	*krananunz
genitive	*kraniniz	*krananǫ̂
dative	*kranini	*kranammaz
instrumental	*kraninē	*kranammiz

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *kranō
- Old Frisian: *krana
  - Saterland Frisian: Kroane
  - West Frisian: kraan
- Old Saxon: krano
  - Middle Low German: krāne, krāen, krān
    - German Low German: Kraan
    - Westphalian:
      Westmünsterländisch: Kraan
    - → Danish: kran
      - → Icelandic: kran
    - → Estonian: kraan (or from German Kran)
    - → Lithuanian: krāns
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: kran
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: kran
    - → Swedish: kran
      - → Finnish: kraana
- Old Dutch: *crano
  - Middle Dutch: crāne, crāen
    - Dutch: kraan (see there for further descendants)
    - Limburgish: kraan
    - West Flemish: kraan
      - → Walloon: cråne
- Old High German: krano
  - Middle High German: krane
    - German: Kran
    - Hunsrik: Kraan
    - Luxembourgish: Krunn
⇒ Old Norse: trani m, trana f (perhaps from a related word)
- Icelandic: trana
- Faroese: trani
- Norwegian Bokmål: trane
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trane
- Swedish: trana
- Danish: trane
- Gutnish: trane, trana, tranå
- Old Norse: trönur (derived from the plural)
  - → Anglo-Norman: trone
    - → Medieval Latin: trona (Anglo-Latin)
    - → Middle English: trone
      - English: trone, tron
      - Scots: trone, tron, troan