Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/krabblōną
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editFrom *krabbô (“crab”) + *-lōną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*krabblōną
- (intransitive) to crawl, paw
- (transitive) to touch continuously
Inflection
editConjugation of *krabblōną (weak class 2)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: *crabblian (possibly (?))
- Middle English: *crabbelen
- English: crabble (likely borrowed from Dutch or Low German)
- Middle English: *crabbelen
- Old Frisian: *krablia, *kravlia
- Old Saxon: *krabbalōn
- Old Dutch: *krabbalon
- Old High German: *krabbalōn
- Old Norse: krafla (< *krablōną)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*krablōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 220