Where does “croft” come from?
I can't write this summary because the etymological chain provided doesn't support the headword "croft." The chain traces "carafe" (a drinking vessel) back through French, Italian, and Greek, but contains no information about "croft," which is a different English word with a different origin (relating to a small farm). Could you provide the correct etymological chain for "croft"?
croft (English): An enclosed piece of land, usually small and...
Definitions
- An enclosed piece of land, usually small and...
Ancestry of “croft”, step by step
croft traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English croft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | croft | croft small field |
| 2 | Old English | croft | enclosed field |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kruftaz | a hill; a curve |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Middle English crofft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | crofft | — |
via Middle English crofte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | crofte | small, usually enclosed, agricultural land, often... |