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Where does “kræfti” come from?

kræfti (Greenlandic) comes from Danish kræft, from Middle Low German kreft, from Proto-Germanic krabitaz, from Proto-Indo-European grebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

kræfti (Greenlandic): cancer

Definitions

  1. cancer

Ancestry of “kræfti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkræftcancer
2Middle Low Germankreft—
3Proto-Germanickrabitazcrustacean
4Proto-Indo-Europeangrebʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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