Where does “crāien” come from?

crāien (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic krēaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

crāien (Old Dutch): to crow

Definitions

  1. to crow

Ancestry of “crāien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickrēanąto crow, to shout
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “crāien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krēaną →