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Where does “kreg-” come from?

kreg- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

kreg- (Proto-Indo-European): to caw, crow

Definitions

  1. to caw, crow

Ancestry of “kreg-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “kreg-”

  • reach
  • reaching
  • outreach
  • reachable
  • rook
  • unreachable
  • farreaching
  • reachability
  • rookery
  • retch
  • reacheth
  • rooky
  • roke
  • reacher
  • reacht
  • reachest
  • unreachability
  • unreachably
  • roky
  • underreach
  • forereach
  • reachless
  • unreach
  • unreachableness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →