Where does “craft” come from?
Craft comes from Middle English craft, from Old English cræft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, which derives from the Proto-Indo-European suffix -tus.
craft (English): Strength; power; might; force; Intellectual...
Definitions
- Strength; power; might; force; Intellectual...
Ancestry of “craft”, step by step
craft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kraft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |