Where does “cran” come from?

cran (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kranō, from Proto-Germanic kranô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

cran (Old English): crane

Definitions

  1. crane

Ancestry of “cran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickranōcrane
2Proto-Germanickranôcrane
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “cran”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kranô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kranō →
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