Where does “skrank” come from?

skrank (Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic skrankaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

skrank (Swedish): a rail, a bar, a fence, a screen, a desk; making...

Definitions

  1. a rail, a bar, a fence, a screen, a desk; making...

Ancestry of “skrank”, step by step

skrank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic skrankaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskrankazbarrier; grid, barrier
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

via Middle Low German schrank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschrank—

Words derived from “skrank”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrankaz →
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