Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kranuk

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

Alternative forms

• *kranik

Etymology

From *kranō or *kran (“crane”) +‎ *-uk (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*kranuk m

1. crane (bird)

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kranuk
Genitive	*kranukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kranuk	*kranukō, *kranukōs
Accusative	*kranuk	*kranukā
Genitive	*kranukas	*kranukō
Dative	*kranukē	*kranukum
Instrumental	*kranuku	*kranukum

Descendants

• Old English: cranoc, cornuc
• Old Saxon: *kranuk, *kranik
  • Middle Low German: krānek, krānk
    • German Low German: Kraank
    • Plautdietsch: Kraunkje
• Old Dutch: *cranuk
  • Middle Dutch: *cranek
    • ⇒? Middle Dutch: cranekin, cranekijn
      • Dutch: kraantje
• Old High German: chranuh, chranih, kranuh, kranih
  • Middle High German: kranech, kranch, kranc, krenech, krenich, krench
    • German: Kranich
      • → Saterland Frisian: Kranich