Where does “crans” come from?
crans (English) comes from English cran, from Scottish Gaelic crann, from Middle Irish crann, from Old Irish crann, from Proto-Celtic kʷresnom, from Proto-Indo-European kʷres- — bush, thicket.
crans (English): plural of cran
Ancestry of “crans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | cran | A measure of herrings, either imprecise or... |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | crann | tree; mast; bar |
| 3 | Middle Irish | crann | — |
| 4 | Old Irish | crann | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | kʷresnom | tree; wood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷres- | bush, thicket |