Where does “kraai” come from?

kraai (Dutch) comes from French craie, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

kraai (Dutch): A crow, "Corvus corone"; One of certain related...

Definitions

  1. A crow, "Corvus corone"; One of certain related...

Ancestry of “kraai”, step by step

kraai traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French craie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcraiechalk
2LatinCrētachalk
3Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
4Latin-āxish, -y
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Middle Dutch crâye

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcrâyecrow
2Old Dutchkrāia
3Proto-West Germanickrāācrow
4Proto-Germanickrēǭcrow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Dutch kraaien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchkraaienTo crow, make to sound of roosters and certain...
2Middle Dutchcrâyento crow (of birds)
3Old Dutchcrāiento crow
4Proto-Germanickrēanąto crow, to shout
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “kraai

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius