crake

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• /ˈkɹeɪk/
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From Middle English crak, crake, from Old Norse kráka (“crow”), from Proto-Germanic *krak-, *kra- (“to croak, caw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh2-, itself onomatopoeic.

From Middle English craken, from Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kroakje, West Frisian kreakje, Dutch kraken, Low German kraken, French craquer (< Germanic), German krachen.

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дърдавец (dǎrdavec) — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Czech: chřástal — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Finnish: rantakana — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Finnish: rääkkä — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Finnish: huitti — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Finnish: räikkä — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Finnish: suokana — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Ancient Greek: κερκάς (kerkás) — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Ingrian: krääkkä — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Māori: kotoreke — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Romanian: ralid — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Romanian: cristei — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Russian: дерга́ч (dergáč) — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Russian: коросте́ль (korostélʹ) — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Spanish: polluela — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae
• Welsh: rhegen — any of several birds, of the family Rallidae