Where does “crāne” come from?

crāne (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch crano, from Proto-West Germanic kranō, from Proto-Germanic kranô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Ancestry of “crāne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchcranocrane
2Proto-West Germanickranōcrane
3Proto-Germanickranôcrane
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “crāne

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-