Where does “kraft” come from?

kraft (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse kraptr, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

kraft (Norwegian Bokmål): a force; power; i kraft - in force

Definitions

  1. a force; power; i kraft - in force

Ancestry of “kraft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekraptrstrength
2Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
3Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “kraft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz →