Craw
/krɔː/noun
The crop or gullet of a bird or other animal.
Did you know?English *craw* is a very old Germanic word, and its deeper relatives show up in words for the throat, neck, and gullet across Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ger-
“to devour, swallow”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*krūwō
“throat, gullet”
Old English
OE
crāwe
“crop, gullet”
Middle English
ME
craw
“the crop or gullet of a bird”
Modern English
English
craw
“the crop or gullet of a bird”