grus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- crane, a bird also eaten as food
- a type of siege weapon
Etymology
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
- aircrane English
- cranage English
- crane English
- cranefly English
- cranelike English
- craneman English
- cranequin English
- cranesbill English
- helicrane English
- minicrane English
- sandhill crane English
- *gruum Latin
- Antigonē Latin
- gruem, grūs, grus Latin
- grūs Latin
- γέρανος Ancient Greek
- Ἀντιγόνη 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
- クレーン Japanese
- cran Middle English
- craein Irish
- kráka Old Norse
- *žeravjь Proto-Slavic
- *žeravľь Proto-Slavic
- *žeravъ Proto-Slavic
- *žeravь Proto-Slavic
- เครน Thai
- ကရိန်း Burmese
- 크레인 Korean
- garnys Lithuanian
- gervė Lithuanian
- girgždėti Lithuanian
- grud Volapük
- higrud Volapük
- jigrud Volapük
- sigrud Volapük
- 𐀐𐀩𐀙𐀂 Mycenaean Greek