Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hrabnaz
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This Proto-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-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *krobʰ-no-s, from a root *krobʰ- likely of onomatopoeic origin, similar to that of various words for corvids in various languages; compare Swedish korp.
Older theories derived the word from a root Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, whence also Latin corvus, Proto-Balto-Slavic *śárˀkāˀ. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Regardless, these words share the same sound-symbolic logic as the Germanic.
Pronunciation
Noun
*hrabnaz m
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *hrabnaz | *hrabnōz, *hrabnōs |
| vocative | *hrabn | *hrabnōz, *hrabnōs |
| accusative | *hrabną | *hrabnanz |
| genitive | *hrabnas, *hrabnis | *hrabnǫ̂ |
| dative | *hrabnai | *hrabnamaz |
| instrumental | *hrabnō | *hrabnamiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hrabn, *hrabō
- Proto-Norse: ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrab/ppan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240