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I don't have any hard etymological evidence, but I have always thought the connection was obvious and told my students so. If you are "krank," you tend to be cranky. There are many such hidden connections between the two languages, e.g., Zimmer / timber, Zaun / town, Zeit / tide, Garten / yard, etc. I am also fairly convinced that the very British term "bloody" has nothing to do with blood, but is related to the German adjective "blöd(e)," meaning dumb, silly, feeble-inded, idiotic, naive. (Tom Wolber, 12/6/22) On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 5:29 AM Naomi Segal < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello colleagues > > > > A friend of mine is curious to know: is there any connection btw the > German *krank* & the English word ‘cranky’? > > > > Thanks for your speed & all-knowingness! > > Naomi > > > > > > Professor Naomi Segal > > Professor Emerita, Institute of Languages, Cultures & Societies > > School of Advanced Study, University of London > > Senate House, Malet St., London WCIE 7HU, UK > > > > *Honorary Fellow, Queens' College Cambridge* > > *Member of the *Academia Europaea > > *Academic Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society* > > *Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques* > > > > tel: +44 (0)20 7272 6438 > > email: [log in to unmask] > > webpage: > https://research.sas.ac.uk/institute-imlr/fellow/149/professor-naomi-segal/ > > Cultural Literacy Everywhere: www.cle.world > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the GERMAN-STUDIES list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=GERMAN-STUDIES&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GERMAN-STUDIES list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=GERMAN-STUDIES&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/GERMAN-STUDIES, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/