Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krōkōn

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 *krōk +‎ *-ōn. Compare Proto-West Germanic *kreukan (“to twist, creep”).

Verb

*krōkōn

to bend, curve, or make crooked
to wrinkle

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*krōkōn
1st sg. past	*krōkōdā
Infinitive	*krōkōn
Genitive infin.	*krōkōnijas
Dative infin.	*krōkōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*krōkōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*krōkō	*krōkōdā
2nd singular	*krōkōs	krōkōdēs, krōkōdōs
3rd singular	*krōkōþ	krōkōdē, krōkōdā
1st plural	*krōkōm	*krōkōdum
2nd plural	*krōkōþ	*krōkōdud
3rd plural	*krōkōnþ	*krōkōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*krōkō	*krōkōdī
2nd singular	*krōkōs	*krōkōdī
3rd singular	*krōkō	*krōkōdī
1st plural	*krōkōm	*krōkōdīm
2nd plural	*krōkōþ	*krōkōdīd
3rd plural	*krōkōn	*krōkōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*krōkō
Plural	*krōkōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*krōkōndī	*krōkōd

Descendants

Old English: *crōcian
- Middle English: crokien, croken, crooken
  - English: crook
  - Scots: cruik, creuk, cruk
Old Saxon: krōkōn
- Middle Low German: krôken, krâken
  - Low German: kröken
>? Old Dutch: *krōkon
- >? Middle Dutch: crôken (The expected vowel is -oe-, therefore possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
  - >? Dutch: kroken, kreuken
Old High German: kruohhōn, kruochōn