An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Krammetsvogel

by Friedrich Kluge

Krammetsvogel, m., ‘fieldfare,’ from MidHG. kramat(s)vogel, krambitvogel, kranewitvogel, m., ‘fieldfare,’ prop. ‘juniper bird.’ The juniper in MidHG. is kranewite, kranwit (kramwit, kramat), OHG. chranawitu (prop. ‘crane-wood’), from krana-, ‘crane,’ mentioned under Krahn and Kranich, and OHG. witu, ‘wood’ (note the similarity in the E. word); comp. E. craneberry, cranberry, from crane.