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