English crake

← Old English cracian (inherited)

← German krachen (cognate)

← Middle English crak (inherited)

← Middle English crake (mention)

← Middle English craken (inherited)

← French craquer (cognate)

← West Frisian kreakje (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *krak- (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *kra- (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *krakōną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (derived)

← Low German kraken (cognate)

← Dutch kraken (cognate)

← Old Norse kráka (derived)

← Saterland Frisian kroakje (cognate)

→ English croak (mention)

→ English corncrake (compound)

→ English craker (suffix)