Where does “kran” come from?

kran (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German krān, from Middle Low German krāne, from Old Saxon krano, from Proto-West Germanic kranō, from Proto-Germanic kranô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

kran (Norwegian Nynorsk): a crane; a tap, or faucet

Definitions

  1. a crane; a tap, or faucet

Ancestry of “kran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankrān—
2Middle Low Germankrāne—
3Old Saxonkrano—
4Proto-West Germanickranōcrane
5Proto-Germanickranôcrane
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “kran”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kranô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kranō →