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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcraiechalk
2LatinCrēta—
3Latin-āceus—
4Latin-āx—
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

Words derived from “kraai”

  • kraaiennest
  • kraaienpoot
  • kraai
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