Where does “kræ(je)n” come from?

kræ(je)n (Middle High German) comes from Old High German krāen, from Proto-West Germanic *krāan — to crow, shout.

Ancestry of “kræ(je)n”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankrāen—
2Proto-West Germanic*krāanto crow, shout
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krāan →Every word from Old High German krāen →