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