Where does “Krunn” come from?
Krunn (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German krane, from Old High German krano, from Proto-West Germanic kranō, from Proto-Germanic kranô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
Krunn (Luxembourgish): tap , faucet
Ancestry of “Krunn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | krane | — |
| 2 | Old High German | krano | crane; the bird crane |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | kranō | crane |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kranô | crane |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |