Where does “cræft” come from?

cræft (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

cræft (Old English): strength, power; skill; art

Definitions

  1. strength, power; skill; art

Ancestry of “cræft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickraftustrength, power; skill
2Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
3Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “cræft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic kraftuz →