Where does “Crēcas” come from?

Crēcas (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic krēk, from Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός, from Ancient Greek γραῖα, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Crēcas (Old English): the Greeks

Definitions

  1. the Greeks

Ancestry of “Crēcas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West GermanickrēkGreek
2LatinGraecusGreek, Grecian, of or pertaining to the Greek...
3Ancient GreekΓραικόςGreek; a Graecian, a member of an ancient...
4Ancient GreekγραῖαGraea, Boeotia; Greece
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “Crēcas

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-Every word from Ancient Greek γραῖαEvery word from Ancient Greek Γραικός