cræft
Old English
noun
Definitions
- strength, power
- skill
- art
- profession
- device, especially magical
- deceit, fraud
Etymology
Inherited from *kraftu inherited from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (power, strength).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kraftuz
Gloss
power, strength
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
🏋️ 💡
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- craft English
- *ger- Proto-Indo-European
- *kraftigaz Proto-Germanic
- *kraftuz Proto-Germanic
- cræftan Old English
- cræftig Old English
- cræftleas Old English
- cræftlic Old English
- modcræft Old English
- mægencræft Old English
- mæġen Old English
- mōd Old English
- soncræft Old English
- sōn Old English
- craft Middle English
- kraptr Old Norse
- crefft Welsh
- crefftus Welsh
- crefftwaith Welsh
- crefftwr Welsh
- kraft Old High German
- *kraftu gmw-pro
- craft Old Dutch
- kraft Old Saxon
- creft Old Frisian