Where does “cratemaking” come from?

cratemaking (English) comes from English making, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.

cratemaking (English): The manufacture of crates

Definitions

  1. The manufacture of crates

Ancestry of “cratemaking”, step by step

cratemaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English making

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmakingThe act of forming, causing, or constituting;...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
4Old English-tūnhomestead, village, town
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via English crate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrateA large open box or basket, used especially to...
2Dutchkratcrate
3Middle Dutchcrattebasketware, mold
4Old Dutchkratta
5Proto-Germanickratjô
6Proto-Indo-Europeangred-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-