craken

== Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *krakon, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn. === Verb === crāken to creak, to crack ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: krakenAfrikaans: kraakNegerhollands: kraekPetjo: kraken→ Aukan: kalaki→ Papiamentu: krak, kraak Limburgish: krake, kraeke (< *krēken?) → Middle French: craquer French: craquer === Further reading === “craken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “craken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN