The story
- Old English · inherited fromcran“crane”
- English todayCranwell
From Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + wella (“spring”), 'the spring frequented by cranes'.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcran all →
craneCranstonCranfieldCranfordCranleighCranmoreCornforthCranswickCornhill-on-TweedCransford
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.