Where does “crane” come from?
Crane comes from Middle English cran, from Old English cran, from Proto-Germanic kranô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂-.
crane (English): Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with...
Definitions
- Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with...
Ancestry of “crane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | crane | crane; cranium |
| 2 | Old French | cran | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | cranium | skull |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κρανίον | skull; head |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κάρα | head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kárahə | — |
Words derived from “crane”