craze

The story

1. Old Norse · derived from*krasa“to shatter”
2. Middle English · inherited fromcrasen“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”
3. English todaycraze

From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Scots krass (“to crush, squeeze, wrinkle”), Icelandic krasa (“to crackle”), Norwegian krasa (“to shatter, crush”), Swedish krasa (“to crack, crackle”), Danish krase (“to crack, crackle”), Faroese kras (“small pieces”).

Words from the same roots