Where does “cracare” come from?
cracare (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.
cracare (Romanian): cracking
Definitions
- cracking
Ancestry of “cracare”, 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 |