Where does “crankness” come from?
crankness (English) comes from English crank, from Middle Low German krank, from Old Saxon krank, from Proto-West Germanic krank, from Proto-Germanic krankaz, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
crankness (English): Liability to be overset; said of a ship or other...
Definitions
- Liability to be overset; said of a ship or other...
Ancestry of “crankness”, step by step
crankness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crank | Strange, weird, odd; Sick; unwell; Liable to... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | krank | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | krank | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | krank | weak, sick |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krankaz | bent; crooked; weak |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |