Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kreukaną

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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

Etymology

According to Kroonen the verb was associated with *kreupaną (to crawl) from an early stage. He suggests that the root final -k to arose from an earlier geminate -kk, which was adopted from the iterative verb *krukkōną. Related to Old Irish gruc (wrinkle).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkreu̯.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kreukaną[1]

  1. to fold, wrinkle
  2. to stoop, crawl

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kreukan- ~ *krūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 304