Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krīg

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

Possibly from *krīgan (“to strive, acquire”).

Noun

*krīg m

1. strife, struggle, fight

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krīg
Genitive	*krīgas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krīg	*krīgō, *krīgōs
Accusative	*krīg	*krīgā
Genitive	*krīgas	*krīgō
Dative	*krīgē	*krīgum
Instrumental	*krīgu	*krīgum

Alternative reconstructions

• *krēg (whence Old High German krieg)

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *krīch; *krīga, *krīge (in derivatives)
  • North Frisian: krich
  • Saterland Frisian: Kriech
  • West Frisian: kriich
• Old Saxon: *krīg
  • Middle Low German: krîch
    • German Low German: Krig, Krieg
    • → Danish: krig
    • → Swedish: krig
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: krig
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: krig
    • → Faroese: kríggj
• Old Dutch: *krīg
  • Middle Dutch: crijch
    • Dutch: krijg
      • Afrikaans: kryg