Where does “kraft” come from?

kraft (Faroese) comes from Old Norse kraptr, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

kraft (Faroese): strength, power

Definitions

  1. strength, power

Ancestry of “kraft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekraptrstrength
2Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
3Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz →
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