Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/korōnā

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

Borrowed from Latin corōna (“crown”).

Noun

*korōnā f

1. crown

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*korōnā
Genitive	*korōnōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*korōnā	*korōnōn
Accusative	*korōnōn	*korōnōn
Genitive	*korōnōn	*korōnōnō
Dative	*korōnōn	*korōnōm, *korōnum
Instrumental	*korōnōn	*korōnōm, *korōnum

Descendants

• Old English: corōna m
  • Middle English: corona, crone, crune, croune (early as coronan; merged with Old French)
    • English: crown
    • Scots: crone, croun, crown
• Old Frisian: krōne
  • Saterland Frisian: Kroune
  • West Frisian: kroane, kroan
• Old Saxon: *korōna, *krōna
  • Middle Low German: krône, krôn
    • German Low German: Kroon
    • → Estonian: kroon
    • → Old Norse: krúna
      • Icelandic: krúna
      • Faroese: krúna
      • Norwegian: krone
      • Danish: krone
        • → Faroese: króna
        • → Icelandic: króna
      • Swedish: krona (see there for further descendants)
• Old Dutch: korōna, corōna
  • Middle Dutch: croene, crône, croon
    • Dutch: kroon
      • Afrikaans: kroon
      • → Indonesian: kerun
      • Negerhollands: kroon
    • Limburgish: kroean
• Old Dutch: *corūna
  • Middle Dutch: crune, cruine, cruyn
    • Dutch: kruin
• Old High German: krōna, korōna, korona
  • Middle High German: krōne, krōn, corōne
    • German: Krone
    • Hunsrik: Kron
    • Luxembourgish: Kroun
    • Yiddish: קרוין (kroyn)
    • → Macedonian: круна (kruna)
    • → Russian: крона (krona)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: kruna / круна
    • → Slovene: krona