Where does “เครน” come from?
เครน (Thai) comes from English crane, from Middle English crane, from Old French cran, from Medieval Latin cranium, from Ancient Greek κρανίον, from Ancient Greek κάρα, from Proto-Hellenic *kárahə.
เครน (Thai): crane
Ancestry of “เครน”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | crane | Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with... |
| 2 | Middle English | crane | crane; cranium |
| 3 | Old French | cran | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cranium | skull |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κρανίον | skull; head |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κάρα | head, face; the head or top of anything, as of a... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kárahə | — |