cro

See also: CRO and cró

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cnó, from Proto-Celtic *knūs (compare Welsh cnau (“nuts”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Noun

cro m (genitive singular cro, plural croiyn)

1. nut

Derived terms

• cro almon, cro Greagagh (“almond”)
• cro bainney (“coconut”)
• cro beetyl (“betel nut”)
• cro Brasillagh (“Brazil nut”)
• cro cabbil, cro souney (“horse chestnut”)
• cro cashtal (“castle nut”)
• cro cleashagh (“wing nut”)
• cro coull, cro keylley mooar, cro sharroo (“hazelnut, filbert, cobnut”)
• cro darree (“oak-apple, acorn”)
• cro faih (“beech nut”)
• cro frangagh, galchro (“walnut”)
• cro jinshar (“gingernut”)
• cro kytchinagh (“nutmeg”)
• cro shey-lhiatteeagh (“hexagonal nut”)
• cro Spaainagh (“(edible) chestnut”)
• cro sponk (“molucca nut”)
• cro teayst (“doughnut”)
• cro thallooin (“peanut, ground nut, monkey nut”)
• cro towlit (“tommy nut”)
• cro-ghone (“nut-brown”)

 

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Noun

cro m (plural crocs)

1. (Jersey) hook
2. (Jersey) fishhook

Synonyms

• (fishhook): ain

Derived terms

• cro d'la tchulasse (“hook for rear harness”)