Where does “chrein” come from?
chrein (Dutch) comes from Yiddish כריין, from Russian хре́н, from Old East Slavic хрѣнъ, from Proto-Slavic xrěnъ — horseradish.
chrein (Dutch): chrain
Ancestry of “chrein”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | כריין | horseradish; chrain |
| 2 | Russian | хре́н | horseradish |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | хрѣнъ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | xrěnъ | horseradish |