Where does “Kress” come from?

Kress (Hunsrik) comes from Middle High German kresse, from Old High German kressa, from Proto-West Germanic *krassjā — cress.

Kress (Hunsrik): cress

Definitions

  1. cress

Ancestry of “Kress”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankresse—
2Old High Germankressa—
3Proto-West Germanic*krassjācress
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krassjā →Every word from Old High German kressa →Every word from Middle High German kresse →