kreef
Afrikaans
noun
Definitions
- lobster
- crawfish; crayfish
- (uncountable) lobster or crawfish meat
- (astrology) a Cancer; someone born with the star sign Cancer
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish kreeft (lobster, crayfish, cancer) inherited from Middle Dutch creeft inherited from Old Dutch *krevit inherited from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (cancer, crab).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krabitaz
Gloss
cancer, crab
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
癌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cancer Latin
- boomkreeft Dutch, Flemish
- heremietkreeft Dutch, Flemish
- kreeft Dutch, Flemish
- kreeftachtig Dutch, Flemish
- kreeftslak Dutch, Flemish
- rivierkreeft Dutch, Flemish
- zeekreeft Dutch, Flemish
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *grebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *krabitaz Proto-Germanic
- creeft Middle Dutch
- crevet Middle Dutch
- crebiz Old High German
- krebiz Old High German
- *krabit gmw-pro
- *krevit Old Dutch
- kreft Middle Low German
- krevit Old Saxon
- *krebit, *krabit Frankish
- *krebitja, *krabitjō Frankish