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Where does “crasen” come from?

crasen (Middle English) comes from Old Norse krasa — to shatter.

crasen (Middle English): To break in pieces; to crack

Definitions

  1. To break in pieces; to crack

Ancestry of “crasen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekrasato shatter

Words derived from “crasen”

  • crazy
  • craze
  • craziness
  • crazily
  • ecraseur
  • crazymaking
  • écrasement
  • crazyweed
  • ecrasite
  • crazyhouse
  • noncrazy
  • crazymaker
  • becrazed
  • uncrazy
  • crazyquilted
  • crazy-ass
  • becraze
  • becrazing
  • crazysauce
  • cray-cray
  • ecocrazy
  • outcrazy
  • écraseur
  • écrasite
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