Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krāā

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

From Proto-Germanic *krēǭ. Equivalent to *krāan (“to crow”) +‎ *-jā.

Noun

*krāā f

crow

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krāā
Genitive	*krāōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krāā	*krāōn
Accusative	*krāōn	*krāōn
Genitive	*krāōn	*krāōnō
Dative	*krāōn	krāōm, krāum
Instrumental	*krāōn	krāōm, krāum

Alternative reconstructions

*krājā

Descendants

Old English: crāwe, crāuuae
- Middle English: crowe, crawe, crow, crauw, craw
  - English: crow
  - Geordie English: craw
  - Scots: craw
  - Yola: croowe, crowe, crouw
Old Frisian: *krā, *krē
- West Frisian: krie
Old Saxon: krāia, krāa
- Middle Low German: krâ, kreie
  - Plautdietsch: Krauj
Old Dutch: *krāia (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: crâye
  - Dutch: kraai
    - Afrikaans: kraai
  - Limburgish: krej
Old High German: krāwa, kraja, krāha
- Middle High German: krā, krāe, krāwe
  - Cimbrian: kre
  - German: Krähe
  - Hunsrik: Kreh
  - Luxembourgish: Kréi
  - Vilamovian: kröw
  - Yiddish: קראָ (kro)

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