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Where does “kratta” come from?

kratta (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic kratjô, from Proto-Indo-European gred-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “kratta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickratjô—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangred-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “kratta”

  • crate
  • crateful
  • uncrate
  • eggcrate
  • milkcrate
  • crateload
  • recrate
  • cratedigger
  • crates
  • krat
  • cratte
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