The story
- Middle Dutch · derived fromcrenge“carrion, carcass”
- Dutch · derived fromkreng“a carcass”
- English todaykrang
From Dutch kreng (“a carcass”), from Middle Dutch crenge (“carrion, carcass”), compare with Old English cringan (“to fall, yield, cringe”). Cognate with Danish kreng (“a carcass”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.