Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krabblōną

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

• *krablōną

Etymology

From *krabbô (“crab”) +‎ *-lōną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɑb.blɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*krabblōną

1. (intransitive) to crawl, paw
2. (transitive) to touch continuously

Inflection

Conjugation of *krabblōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*krabblō	*krabblǭ	—	*krabblōi	?
2nd singular	*krabblōsi	*krabblōs	*krabblō	*krabblōsai	*krabblōsau
3rd singular	*krabblōþi	*krabblō	*krabblōþau	*krabblōþai	*krabblōþau
1st dual	*krabblōs	*krabblōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*krabblōþiz	*krabblōþiz	*krabblōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*krabblōmaz	*krabblōm	—	*krabblōnþai	*krabblōnþau
2nd plural	*krabblōþ	*krabblōþ	*krabblōþ	*krabblōnþai	*krabblōnþau
3rd plural	*krabblōnþi	*krabblōn	*krabblōnþau	*krabblōnþai	*krabblōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*krabblōdǭ	*krabblōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*krabblōdēz	*krabblōdēdīz
3rd singular	*krabblōdē	*krabblōdēdī
1st dual	*krabblōdēdū	*krabblōdēdīw
2nd dual	*krabblōdēdudiz	*krabblōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*krabblōdēdum	*krabblōdēdīm
2nd plural	*krabblōdēdud	*krabblōdēdīd
3rd plural	*krabblōdēdun	*krabblōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*krabblōndz	*krabblōdaz

Related terms

• *krabbōną

Descendants

• Old English: *crabblian (possibly (?))
  • Middle English: *crabbelen
    • English: crabble (likely borrowed from Dutch or Low German)
• Old Frisian: *krablia, *kravlia
  • Saterland Frisian: krabbelje, krauelje
• Old Saxon: *krabbalōn
  • Middle Low German: krabbelen, krabbeln
    • German Low German: krabbeln
• Old Dutch: *krabbalon
  • Middle Dutch: krabbelen
    • Dutch: krabbelen
• Old High German: *krabbalōn
  • Middle High German: krabbelen
    • German: krabbeln
• Old Norse: krafla (< *krablōną)
  • Icelandic: krafla
  • Danish: kravle
  • Swedish: kravla
  • → Middle English: crawlen
    • English: crawl
    • Scots: crowl