Where does “pålkran” come from?

pålkran (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.

pålkran (Swedish): a pile driver (machine for driving piles into the ground)

Definitions

  1. a pile driver (machine for driving piles into the ground)

Ancestry of “pålkran”, step by step

pålkran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish kran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkrancrane; water tap, knob for controlling a valve;...
2Middle Low Germankrān—
3Middle Low Germankrāne—
4Old Saxonkrano—
5Proto-West Germanickranōcrane
6Proto-Germanickranôcrane
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Swedish påle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpålepole
2Middle Dutchpāle—
3Latinpālusswamp, marsh, morass, bog, fen, pool
4Proto-Italicpākslos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-slos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kranô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kranō →
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