Where does “croque gallois” come from?
croque gallois (French) comes from French croquer, from Middle French croquer, from Old French crokier, from French craquer, from Middle French craquer, from Dutch kraken, from Norwegian kraken, from Norwegian krake — to grow old, to mature.
croque gallois (French): Welsh rarebit a Welsh cheese and toast dish
Definitions
- Welsh rarebit a Welsh cheese and toast dish
Ancestry of “croque gallois”, step by step
croque gallois traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French croquer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | croquer | to crunch; to waste, squander; to sketch, outline |
| 2 | Middle French | croquer | — |
| 3 | Old French | crokier | to slap, hit, strike |
| 4 | French | craquer | to split, to break; to crack; to crack, to creak,... |
| 5 | Middle French | craquer | — |
| 6 | Dutch | kraken | to crack, break open; to make a creaky sound,... |
| 7 | Norwegian | kraken | — |
| 8 | Norwegian | krake | sea monster |
| 9 | Esperanto | kraki | to crack, crackle |
| 10 | English | crack | To form cracks; To break apart under pressure; To... |
| 11 | Middle English | crak | loud conversation, bragging talk |
| 12 | Old Norse | kráka | crow |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | *krakǭ | — |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | krakōną | to crack; crackle; shriek |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
via French Gallois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Gallois | Welshman |
| 2 | French | -ois | Used to form adjectives related to a particular... |
| 3 | Old French | -ois | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 4 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 5 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |