Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kradô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *grotHón-, from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“to tie”). Cognate with Sanskrit ग्रथ्नाति (grathnāti, “to tie, string together”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*kradô m
- (wicker) basket
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *kradô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *kradô | *kradaniz | |
| vocative | *kradô | *kradaniz | |
| accusative | *kradanų | *krattunz | |
| genitive | *krattaz | *krattǫ̂ | |
| dative | *kradini | *kradummaz | |
| instrumental | *krattē | *kradummiz | |
Related terms
Descendants
The original paradigm of *krad-, *kratt- allowed for different leveling among the daughter languages.
- (Old English: crat, cræt n)
- Old Frisian: *krat, *kret
- West Frisian: kret
- Old Dutch: *kratto, *kratta
- Old High German: kratto, chratto, kretto, krezzo, chrezzo
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN