An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Krammetsvogel

by Friedrich Kluge

Krammetsvogel, masculine, ‘fieldfare,’ from Middle High German kramat(s)vogel, krambitvogel, kranewitvogel, masculine, ‘fieldfare,’ properly ‘juniper bird.’ The juniper in Middle High German is kranewite, kranwit (kramwit, kramat), Old High German chranawitu (properly ‘crane-wood’), from krana-, ‘crane,’ mentioned under Krahn and Kranich, and Old High German witu, ‘wood’ (note the similarity in the English word); compare English craneberry, cranberry, from crane.