*krabitaz

Runic: ᚲᚱᚨᛒᛁᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkrɑ.βi.tɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

A crustacean (crab, lobster, crayfish).

Etymology

Traditionally considered a relative of *krabbô (‘crab’) and thus derived from Pre-Germanic *grobʰidos, from the zero-grade form of *gerbʰ- (‘to carve, scratch’) + *-itaz, *-utaz (animal suffix) (compare *hurznutō (‘hornet’), *herutaz (‘deer’), *ganutô (‘gander’)). However, Kroonen notes that, in addition to the above theory, significant influence or even outright borrowing from the same substrate continuum whence Ancient Greek κᾱ́ρᾰβος (kā́răbos) (kā́răbos, ‘beetle, crustacean’) and Proto-Germanic *humaraz (‘lobster’) is possible.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	krabitaz	krabitōz, krabitōs
Acc.	krabitą	krabitanz
Gen.	krabitas, krabitis	krabitǫ̂
Dat.	krabitai	krabitamaz
Inst.	krabitō	krabitamiz
Voc.	krabit	krabitōz, krabitōs

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Descendants

*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- *crevet (Old Dutch)
  - creft, crēvet, crēeft (Middle Dutch)
    - kreef (Limburgish)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- *crevet (Old Dutch)
  - creft, crēvet, crēeft (Middle Dutch)
    - kreeft (Dutch)
      - kreef (Afrikaans)
      - kreeft, greef (Negerhollands)
      - kref, kreeft (Papiamentu)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- *crevet (Old Dutch)
  - creft, crēvet, crēeft (Middle Dutch)
    - crabette, cravette, crevette (Norman)
      - crevette (French)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- crevice, crevez, crevis, crevesce, creveche, creveis, escrevise, escreveice, escreviche (Old French)
  - crevetse (Middle Dutch)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- crevice, crevez, crevis, crevesce, creveche, creveis, escrevise, escreveice, escreviche (Old French)
  - crevis, crevyse, creuez, crevez, crevise, creveys, crevesse, krevys (Middle English)
    - crevis, crayfish, crawfish (English)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- crevice, crevez, crevis, crevesce, creveche, creveis, escrevise, escreveice, escreviche (Old French)
  - escrevice, escrevisse, escrevisce, crevis, creviche, crevice (Middle French)
    - écrevisse (French)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- krebiz, krebazzo (Old High German)
  - crebiz, krëbez, krebz (Old High German)
    - Chräps (Alemannic German)
    - Kriibs (Luxembourgish)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- krebiz, krebazzo (Old High German)
  - crebiz, krëbez, krebz (Old High German)
    - Krebs (German)
      - krebs (Danish)
      - Krebs (German Low German)
      - kreps (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - kreps (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      - Krääps (Saterland Frisian)
      - krævs (Scanian)
      - קרעבס (krebs) (Yiddish)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- krevit (Old Saxon)
  - krēvet (Middle Low German)
    - kræft (Danish)
    - Kreeft, Krefft (German Low German)
    - kreft (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - kreft (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - Kjräft (Plautdietsch)
*krabit (Proto-West Germanic)
- krevit (Old Saxon)
  - krēvet (Middle Low German)
    - krævet, kræveta (Old Swedish)
      - kräfta (Swedish)

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