Where does “lyftkran” come from?
lyftkran (Swedish) comes from Swedish kran, from Middle Low German krān, from Middle Low German krāne, from Old Saxon krano, from Proto-West Germanic kranō, from Proto-Germanic kranô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
lyftkran (Swedish): a crane (machine for lifting and moving)
Definitions
- a crane (machine for lifting and moving)
Ancestry of “lyftkran”, step by step
lyftkran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kran
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kran | crane; water tap, knob for controlling a valve;... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | krān | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | krāne | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | krano | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kranō | crane |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kranô | crane |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
via Swedish lyfta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | lyfta | to lift; to move something upwards |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lypta | to lift, raise |
| 3 | Old Norse | lypta | to lift, air |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | luftijaną | to air; put or raise into the air; raise aloft;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |