Where does “קרייציקונג” come from?

קרייציקונג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קרייציקן, from Old High German kruzigōn, from Latin crucio, from Latin crux, from Proto-Italic *kruks, from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- — to caw, crow.

קרייציקונג (Yiddish): crucifixion

Definitions

  1. crucifixion

Ancestry of “קרייציקונג”, step by step

קרייציקונג traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קרייציקן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקרייציקןto crucify
2Old High Germankruzigōnto crucify
3LatincrucioI crucify; I torture
4Latincruxwooden frame on which criminals were crucified,...
5Proto-Italic*kruks—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱer-to caw, crow

via Yiddish ־ונג

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ונג-ing
2Old High German-unga-ing
3Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱer- →Every word from Proto-Italic *kruks →Every word from Latin crux →