Craggy
/ˈkræɡ.i/noun
Having rough, steep, or rugged rocks or cliffs; marked by crags.
Did you know?Craggy comes from a word for a rocky outcrop, and its deep roots are tied to the same ancient sound-pattern that produced words for rocks and broken, rugged ground across Germanic languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kragaz
“rock, crag, projecting rock”
Old Norse
ON
kraggi
“a rocky prominence or crag”
Middle English
ME
craggy
“full of crags; rocky and rough”
Modern English
English
craggy
“having many crags; rugged and steep”