The story
- Cornish · derived fromkrena“to tremble”
- English todaycreener
From creen (“to complain”) + -er, from Cornish krena (“to tremble”).
Words from the same roots
Cornishkrena all →
creen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
creener
Today it means: An ailing or sickly person. Full definition →
Cornish krena