craw

== English == === Alternative forms === crag === Etymology === Late Middle English, also attested as craue, from or related to Middle Dutch crāghe or Middle Low German crāghe (“collar, neck”), from Proto-Germanic *kragô (“throat”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrogʰ- or *gʷrh₃-gʰ- (“throat, gullet”), whence also Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“throat, gullet”) and perhaps Ancient Greek βρόχθος (brókhthos, “throat”). The root appears to be an extension of Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour”), though the identity and meaning of the suffix is unclear. Compare Latin gurges (“gulf, bay; whirlpool, eddy”). Other Germanic cognates include Danish krave, German Kragen (“collar”) and Old Dutch kraga (“neck”) (whence modern Dutch kraag). See also crag (Etymology 2). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɹɔː/ Rhymes: -ɔː === Noun === craw (plural craws) (archaic) The stomach of an animal. The crop of a bird. ==== Synonyms ==== crop gullet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === craw (third-person singular simple present craws, present participle crawing, simple past and past participle crawed) (archaic) To caw, crow. === References === === Anagrams === WRAC == Middle English == === Noun === craw alternative form of crowe == Welsh == === Etymology === From crawen (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Celtic *greup, from Proto-Indo-European *krus- (“crust”), see also Latin crusta (“crust”), Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “frost, icy cold”), κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal, ice”), Avestan 𐬑𐬭𐬎𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀 (xruzdra, “hard”), Sanskrit क्रूड् (krūḍ, “thicken, make hard”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /kraːu̯/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /krau̯/ === Noun === craw m (plural crawiau) a rejected piece of slate, often used for building fences in quarrying regions of north Wales a bad person, a bad lot === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “craw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies