Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krūsā

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

Unknown.

Noun

*krūsā f

pitcher, jug
Synonym: *krūkā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krūsā
Genitive	*krūsōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krūsā	*krūsōn
Accusative	*krūsōn	*krūsōn
Genitive	*krūsōn	*krūsōnō
Dative	*krūsōn	krūsōm, krūsum
Instrumental	*krūsōn	krūsōm, krūsum

Alternative reconstructions

*krōsō m, *krōs m or n, *krūs m or n

Descendants

Old English: crūse
- Middle English: cruse, crouse, croos
  - English: cruse, cruise, cruze
Old Frisian: *krōs, *krūs m or f or n (possibly from Middle Low German)
- Saterland Frisian: Krous, Kruus n
- West Frisian: kroes m or f
Old Saxon: *krōs, *krūs m or n
- Middle Low German: krôs, kroes, krois, kroys, krůs, krues, krûs m or n
  - German Low German: Kroos m
  - → Old Norse: krús f (alternatively possibly from Old English)
    - Icelandic: krús f
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: krus f
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: krus n
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: krus n
  - → Swedish: krus n
  - → Danish: krus n
    - → Faroese: krúss n
Old Dutch: *krōso m
- Middle Dutch: croese, crose, crouse, creuse, croesen m
  - Dutch: kroes
    - → Caribbean Javanese: krus
Old High German: krūsa
- Middle High German: krūse
  - German: Krause