Etymology

krantz

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Today it means: An encircling or overhanging wall of rock. Full definition →

Afrikaans krans ← Dutch krans ← Middle Dutch crans
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The story

  1. German · derived fromKranz
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kringaz“circle, ring”
  3. Old High German · derived fromkranz
  4. Middle High German · derived fromkranz
  5. Middle Dutch · derived fromcrans
  6. Dutch · derived fromkrans
  7. Afrikaans · borrowed fromkrans
  8. English todaykrantz

Borrowed from Afrikaans krans, from Dutch krans, from Middle Dutch crans, from Middle High German kranz, from Old High German kranz, probably altered from krenz, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *kringaz (“circle, ring”). The English spelling seems to have been influenced by cognate German Kranz.

Words from the same roots

Dutchkrans all →

krans

Proto-Germanic*kringaz all →

gringolée

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.