Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krappō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *greb-, perhaps cognate with Armenian կարթ (kartʻ, “fish-hook”), Lithuanian gárbana (“lock of hair”).

Noun

*krappō m

1. a hook

Declension

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krappō
Genitive	*krappini, *krappan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krappō	*krappan
Accusative	*krappan	*krappan
Genitive	*krappini, *krappan	*krappanō
Dative	*krappini, *krappan	*krappum
Instrumental	*krappini, *krappan	*krappum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: krappo
  • Middle Low German: krappe, kroppe, kropp, krop
• Old Dutch: *krappo
  • Middle Dutch: crappe
    • Dutch: krap
• Old High German: krapho, kraffo, krapfo
  • Middle High German: krapfe
    • Alemannic German: Chrapfe
    • German: Krapfe, Krapfen
  • → Italian: graffa
• → Old French: grappe (see there for further descendants)
• →⇒ Vulgar Latin: *crappalt, *crapalt
  • Old French: crapaut, crapot
    • Middle French: crapuad
      • French: crapaud
        • → English: crapaud
  • Occitan: grapaut
  • Catalan: grapal, gripal, gripau