crake
English
/ˈkɹeɪk/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English crak (bragging talk, loud conversation) derived from Old Norse kráka (crow) derived from Proto-Germanic *krak- derived from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (cry hoarsely, resound, call hoarsely, crane).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gerh₂-
Gloss
cry hoarsely, resound, call hoarsely, crane
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鶴
Emoji
🏗️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corn English
- corncrake English
- crack English
- craker English
- what's cracking English
- *gruum Latin
- gruem, grūs, grus Latin
- grus Latin
- grūs Latin
- γέρανος Ancient Greek
- *awis Proto-Indo-European
- *ger- Proto-Indo-European
- *gerg- Proto-Indo-European
- *gerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *krak- Proto-Germanic
- *krakōną Proto-Germanic
- *kran- Proto-Germanic
- *kranô Proto-Germanic
- kråka Swedish
- kråke Norwegian Nynorsk
- crak Middle English
- kráka Old Norse
- krákuskel Old Norse
- krage Danish
- *žeravjь Proto-Slavic
- *žeravľь Proto-Slavic
- *žeravъ Proto-Slavic
- *žeravь Proto-Slavic
- kráka Icelandic
- kráka Faroese
- krååk Westrobothnian
- garnys Lithuanian
- gervė Lithuanian
- girgždėti Lithuanian
- 𐀐𐀩𐀙𐀂 Mycenaean Greek