English kestrel

← Old English cracian (cognate)

← Middle Dutch craken (derived)

← English creak (mention)

← English crack (mention)

← Middle English castrel (inherited)

← French craquer (cognate)

← Middle French cresserelle (derived)

← Middle French crecerelle (mention)

← Middle French crecelle (mention)

← Middle French *krek- (mention)

← Middle French *krak- (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *krakōną (derived)

← Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (derived)

← Old High German krahhōn (cognate)

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

← Latin *crepitacillum (mention)

← Latin crepitāculum (mention)

← Latin crepitāre (mention)

← Old Dutch *krakōn (derived)