Where does “crowkeeper” come from?
crowkeeper (English) comes from English Crow, from Middle English crowe, from Middle English crowen, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic krāā, from Proto-Germanic krēǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
crowkeeper (English): A person employed to scare off crows; A scarecrow
Definitions
- A person employed to scare off crows; A scarecrow
Ancestry of “crowkeeper”, step by step
crowkeeper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Crow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Crow | A member of a Native American tribe of southern... |
| 2 | Middle English | crowe | crow; A metal bar or lever; a crowbar;... |
| 3 | Middle English | crowen | To crow; To make other noises typical of birds;... |
| 4 | Old English | crāwe | crow |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | krāā | crow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krēǭ | crow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |