Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kraftu

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 *kraftuz. Equivalent to *krafōn (“to implore; to crave; to demand”) +‎ *-þu.

Noun

*kraftu m

1. strength, power
2. skill

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kraftu
Genitive	*kraftō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kraftu	*kraftiwi, *kraftō
Accusative	*kraftu	*kraftū
Genitive	*kraftō	*kraftiwō
Dative	*kraftiwi, *kraftō	*kraftum
Instrumental	*kraftu	*kraftum

Derived terms

• *kraftīg
• *kraftijan
• *kraftilaus
• *kraftilīk

Descendants

The word was widely reinterpreted as a feminine -ti- noun in the continental languages.

• Old English: cræft m
  • Middle English: craft, carft, craf, creft
    • English: craft
    • Scots: craft
    • Yola: creff
• Old Frisian: kreft, kraft f
  • Saterland Frisian: Kraft
  • West Frisian: krêft
• Old Saxon: kraft m or f
  • Middle Low German: kraft, kracht
    • Low German: Kracht
      • German Low German: Kraft, Kracht
    • Plautdietsch: Krauft, Kroft
• Old Dutch: craft f or m
  • Middle Dutch: cracht, craft
    • Dutch: kracht
      • Afrikaans: krag
    • Limburgish: krach
• Old High German: kraft f or m
  • Middle High German: kraft
    • Bavarian: Kråft
    • German: Kraft (see there for further descendants)
    • Hunsrik: Kraft
    • Luxembourgish: Kraaft
    • Mòcheno: kròft
    • Vilamovian: kraoft
    • Yiddish: קראַפֿט (kraft)