Where does “crane” come from?

crane (Middle English) comes from Old French cran, from Medieval Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.

crane (Middle English): crane; cranium

Definitions

  1. crane; cranium

Ancestry of “crane”, step by step

crane traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French cran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcran—
2Medieval Latincraniumskull
3Ancient Greekκρανίονskull; head
4Ancient Greekκάραhead, face; the head or top of anything, as of a...
5Proto-Hellenic*kárahə—

via Old English cran

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

Words derived from “crane”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə →Every word from Ancient Greek κάρα →Every word from Ancient Greek κρανίον →