The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gerh₂-“to cry hoarsely”
- Latin · derived fromgrūs“a crane (bird)”
- English todayGrus
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin grūs (“a crane (bird)”), originally from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).
Words from the same roots
Latingrūs all →
grouse
Proto-Indo-European*gerh₂- all →
cranecreakcrake
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.