Where does “ghostcraft” come from?
ghostcraft (English) comes from English craft, from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
ghostcraft (English): Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts
Definitions
- Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts
Ancestry of “ghostcraft”, step by step
ghostcraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English craft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | craft | Strength; power; might; force; Intellectual... |
| 2 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English ghost
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ghost | The spirit; the soul of man; The disembodied... |
| 2 | Middle English | gost | a spiritual being; angel, devil, spirit; soul of... |
| 3 | Old English | gāst | breath, soul, spirit, ghost, being |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gaist | ghost, spirit |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gaistaz | terror, fear; spirit, ghost; mind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰeysd- | anger, agitation |