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gerə-2
To cry hoarsely; also the name of the crane. Oldest form *gerh2‑.
Derivatives include crack, cranberry, and pedigree.- Words meaning "to cry hoarsely"; also words denoting the crow.
- crow1, from Old English crāwe, a crow;
- crow2, from Old English crāwan, to crow;
- crack, from Old English cracian, to resound;
- cracknel, from Middle Dutch krāken, to crack;
- crake, from Old Norse krāka, a crow;
- croon, from Middle Dutch krōnen, to groan, lament. a-f all from Germanic *krē‑.
- Possibly from this root (but more likely imitative) is Germanic *kur(r)‑. cur, from Middle English curre, cur, akin to Old Norse kurra, to growl.
- Words denoting a crane.
- crane, from Old English cran, crane;
- cranberry, from Middle Low German kran, crane. Both a and b from Germanic *kran‑, crane.
- Extended form *grū‑. Grus; pedigree, from Latin grūs, crane.
- Suffixed variant form *grā-k‑. grackle, from Latin grāculus, jackdaw.
- Suffixed extended form *gerə-no‑. geranium, from Greek geranos, crane.
[Pokorny 2. ger‑ 383.] |
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