Proto-Germanic: *karkian- vb., *krakōn- vb., *kurkōn- vb.
Meaning: shout
Old English: cracian, cearcian `erschallen'
English: crack, chark
Middle Dutch: crāken
Dutch: kraken
Middle Low German: krāken, kracken, krachen
Low German: westf. kurken
Old High German: krahhēn (um 800), krahhōn (10.Jh.) `krachen'; krah, krac (10.Jh.)
Middle High German: krachen wk. 'krachen, krachend brechen; krach st. m. 'knall, schall, krachen; riss, sprung'
German: krachen; Krach m.
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