Where does “kreft” come from?

kreft (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

kreft (Norwegian Bokmål): cancer

Definitions

  1. cancer

Ancestry of “kreft”, step by step

kreft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cancer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincancera crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or...
2Proto-Italickankroscrab
3Proto-Italickarkrosenclosure, barrier
4Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-kr̥-circular
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Middle Low German kreft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankreft—
2Proto-Germanickrabitazcrustacean
3Proto-Indo-Europeangrebʰ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “kreft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- →