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Where does “kraaiennest” come from?

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

kraaiennest (Dutch): crow's nest

Definitions

  1. crow's nest

Ancestry of “kraaiennest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchkraaiA crow, "Corvus corone"; One of certain related...
2Frenchcraiechalk
3LatinCrēta—
4Latin-āceus—
5Latin-āx—
6Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
7Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
8Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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