Where does “kraft” come from?
kraft (Old Saxon) 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.
kraft (Old Saxon): strength, power, force, skill; a crowd, an...
Definitions
- strength, power, force, skill; a crowd, an...
Ancestry of “kraft”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “kraft”