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
Ancestry of “כריין”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | хре́н | horseradish |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | хрѣнъ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | xrěnъ | horseradish |
Words derived from “כריין”