Where does “kraiveli” come from?

kraiveli (Finnish) comes from Swedish krage, from Old Swedish kraghi, from Middle Low German krage, from Proto-Germanic *kragô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrogʰ-.

kraiveli (Finnish): shirt collar

Definitions

  1. shirt collar

Ancestry of “kraiveli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkragecollar (part of garment)
2Old Swedishkraghi—
3Middle Low Germankrageneck, collar
4Proto-Germanic*kragô—
5Proto-Indo-European*gʷrogʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrogʰ- →