Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krūci

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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 crux ~ crūcis (“cross”).

Noun

*krūci f

(Christianity) cross

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*krūcigōn

Descendants

Old English: crūċ
- Middle English: crouche, cruche
  - English: crouch
Old Saxon: krūci, krūzi
- Middle Low German: krü̂ze, kruze, krûce, cruece, kruse, cruese, crusse, cryce, crü̂ce, krutze, krü̂z, krus, crues, cruyts
  - Dutch Low Saxon: kruus
  - German Low German: Krüüz, Krüz; Kriiz
  - Plautdietsch: Kjriez
  - → Danish: kryds
  - → Norwegian: kryss
  - → Swedish: kryss
- → Old Frisian: kriōce, kriōse, krūs
  - Saterland Frisian: Krüüs
  - West Frisian: krús
Old Dutch: *krūci
- Middle Dutch: crûce, crûs
  - Dutch: kruis
    - Afrikaans: kruis
    - Negerhollands: kroes, cruis, krus
    - → Caribbean Javanese: krèis
    - → Indonesian: kres
  - Limburgish: kruutse
  - West Flemish: kruus
Old High German: krūzi
- Middle High German: kriuze, kriuz, krūze, krūz, chrouze
  - Alemannic German: Chrüüz
  - Bavarian: Kreiz
  - Central Franconian: Krütz, Kröx (eastern Ripuarian); Kreiz (Moselle Franconian)
    Hunsrik: Kreiz
    Luxembourgish: Kräiz
  - Cimbrian: khròitze
  - East Central German: Greiz, Greize, Kreiz
    Vilamovian: krojc
  - German: Kreuz
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Greiz