tocrack
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To crack, fracture, fissure; to break with a cracking sound.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tocraken (cause a cracking sound by breaking something with a lot of force, fracture) derived from Old English cracian (resound, crack, make a cracking sound, ring out, sound) derived from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (crack, crackle, shriek, emit a cry, shout, make a noise) prefix from English crack (highly skilled, excellent).
Origin
English
crack
Gloss
highly skilled, excellent
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticrack English
- buttcrack English
- crack English
- crack shot English
- crack-hemp English
- crack-rope English
- crackability English
- crackable English
- crackback English
- crackbrain English
- crackbrained English
- crackerjack English
- crackest English
- cracketh English
- crackfic English
- crackhead English
- crackhouse English
- crackjaw English
- crackle English
- crackless English
- cracklet English
- cracklike English
- crackmeter English
- crackpipe English
- crackpot English
- crackproof English
- crackship English
- cracksman English
- cracky English
- craic English
- hydrocrack English
- macrocrack English
- microcrack English
- mudcrack English
- nutcrack English
- outcrack English
- precrack English
- recrack English
- suncrack English
- thundercrack English
- whipcrack English
- wisecrack English
- crack Finnish
- kräkki Finnish
- Crack German
- craccare Italian
- crack French
- крэк Russian
- crack Spanish, Castilian
- *gerg- Proto-Indo-European
- *gerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- crack Portuguese
- *krakōną Proto-Germanic
- cracian Old English
- ċircian Old English
- crak Middle English
- crakken Middle English
- tocraken Middle English
- craic Irish
- kræghe Old Norse
- crac Welsh
- krahhōn Old High German
- *krakōn gmw-pro
- *krakon Old Dutch
- *krakōn Old Dutch
- chirk Scots
- craic
- crack
- cracky
- recrack
- crackle
- suncrack
- cracketh
- precrack
- nutcrack
- outcrack
- crackpot
- crackjaw
- crackfic
- crackest
- mudcrack
- cracklet
- wisecrack
- crackless
- whipcrack
- crackable
- crackhead
- cracklike
- cracksman
- crackpipe
- anticrack
- crackback
- crackship
- buttcrack
- crackhouse
- crack shot
- crack-rope
- crackmeter
- crack-hemp
- macrocrack
- microcrack
- crackproof
- hydrocrack
- crackbrain
- crackerjack
- crackability
- crackbrained
- thundercrack