köken: From Middle High German krane, from Old High German krano (“crane”), from Proto-West Germanic *kranō, from Proto-Germanic *kranô (“crane”). The word was used metaphorically for the lifting device due to the similar appearance of the bird’s neck and head. This metaphorical use is first attested in Middle Dutch krane, and thence spread to several European languages (compare English crane, French…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ōws Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂ōwsder. Proto-Indo-European *-usinflu. Proto-Indo-European *gérh₂us ~ *gr̥h₂éws Proto-Italic *grūs Latin grūs, gruemder. Vulgar Latin *grua French grue Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grua, from Latin gruem.
aile: faire le pied de grue, grue de Sibérie, grue royale, gruon, gruter, grutier
La Grue se laisse enfin persuader par ses serments
köken: From Latin gruem f or m (“crane”), from Proto-Indo-European *gr̥h₂ú-, from *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”). Cognate with French grue f, Spanish grua f, Portuguese grou m, Romanian grui m.
köken: From Proto-Finno-Ugric *tërka. Compare similar words for crane across Eurasia, including Proto-Turkic *turńa (“crane”) (whence Turkish turna), Korean 두루미 (durumi, “crane”), Japanese 鶴 (tsuru, “crane”), Mongolian тогоруу (togoruu, “crane”)).