Where does “hardcrusted” come from?

hardcrusted (English) comes from English hard, from Old French hardi, from Old French hardir, from Frankish hardijan, from Proto-Germanic hardijaną, from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

hardcrusted (English): Having a hard crust

Definitions

  1. Having a hard crust

Ancestry of “hardcrusted”, step by step

hardcrusted traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hard

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhardHaving a severe property; presenting difficulty;...
2Old Frenchhardihardy; tough; durable
3Old Frenchhardirto harden
4Frankishhardijanto harden, to make hard
5Proto-Germanichardijanąto make hard, strong; to harden
6Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
7Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
8Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via English crusted

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcrustedsimple past tense and past participle of crust
2EnglishcrustA more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or...
3Middle Englishcrustecrust
4Anglo-Normancruste
5LatincrustaThe hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,...
6Proto-Italic*krustos
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrustóshardened
8Proto-Indo-Europeankrews-to form a crust, begin to freeze
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert-Every word from Proto-Germanic harduz