Where does “goldcraft” come from?
goldcraft (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.
goldcraft (English): Anything manufactured from gold
Definitions
- Anything manufactured from gold
Ancestry of “goldcraft”, step by step
goldcraft 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 |