Where does “כריין” come from?

כריין (Yiddish) comes from Russian хре́н, from Old East Slavic хрѣнъ, from Proto-Slavic xrěnъ — horseradish.

כריין (Yiddish): horseradish; chrain

Definitions

  1. horseradish; chrain

Ancestry of “כריין”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianхре́нhorseradish
2Old East Slavicхрѣнъ—
3Proto-Slavicxrěnъhorseradish

Words derived from “כריין”

Every word from Proto-Slavic xrěnъ →Every word from Old East Slavic хрѣнъ →Every word from Russian хре́н →