Where does “Kraft” come from?

Kraft (German) comes 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.

Kraft (German): strength, force; force

Definitions

  1. strength, force; force

Ancestry of “Kraft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankraft—
2Old High Germankraft—
3Proto-West Germanickraftustrength, power; skill
4Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
5Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
6Proto-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 →