Where does “cranoc” come from?

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

cranoc (Old English): crane bird

Definitions

  1. crane bird

Ancestry of “cranoc”, step by step

cranoc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcrancrane
2Proto-West Germanickranōcrane
3Proto-Germanickranôcrane
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Proto-West Germanic kranuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickranukcrane
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kranô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kranō →