Where does “kratto” come from?

kratto (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...

kratto (Old Dutch): basket

Definitions

  1. basket

Ancestry of “kratto”, step by step

kratto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kratjô

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

via Proto-Germanic krattijô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickrattijôbasket
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gred-Every word from Proto-Germanic kratjô
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