Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krikō

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 *krikô, related to Proto-Germanic *krikaz.

Noun

*krikō m

1. cove, inlet, creek
2. stream

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*krikō
Genitive	*krikini, *krikan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*krikō	*krikan
Accusative	*krikan	*krikan
Genitive	*krikini, *krikan	*krikanō
Dative	*krikini, *krikan	*krikum
Instrumental	*krikini, *krikan	*krikum

Descendants

• Old English: *creca
  • Middle English: creke, creake
    • English: creek
    • Scots: creik, creick
  • → Medieval Latin: creca (Anglo-Latin)
  • ⇒ Old English: crecca
    • → Medieval Latin: crecca (Anglo-Latin)
• Old Frisian: *kreka m, *kreke f
  • West Frisian: kreek, kriek, krieke, kryk m or f, kriik m or f or n
• Old Dutch: *criko m, crika, creka f
  • Middle Dutch: creke
    • Dutch: kreek