Where does “crăcănuță” come from?
crăcănuță (Romanian) comes from Romanian crăcană, from Romanian cracă, from French craquer, from Middle French craquer, from Dutch kraken, from Norwegian kraken, from Norwegian krake, from Esperanto kraki — to grow old, to mature.
crăcănuță (Romanian): small twig
Definitions
- small twig
Ancestry of “crăcănuță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | crăcană | bifurcated tree branch |
| 2 | Romanian | cracă | a (thicker) branch of a tree, limb |
| 3 | French | craquer | to split, to break; to crack; to crack, to creak,... |
| 4 | Middle French | craquer | — |
| 5 | Dutch | kraken | to crack, break open; to make a creaky sound,... |
| 6 | Norwegian | kraken | — |
| 7 | Norwegian | krake | sea monster |
| 8 | Esperanto | kraki | to crack, crackle |
| 9 | English | crack | To form cracks; To break apart under pressure; To... |
| 10 | Middle English | crak | loud conversation, bragging talk |
| 11 | Old Norse | kráka | crow |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | *krakǭ | — |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | krakōną | to crack; crackle; shriek |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |