Re: Small Derivational Idea

> From: Michael Poxon <mike@...>
>
> I'd always taken cran- to be simply a variant of "crane", which you can find in
> placenames such as "Cranfield", "Cranford" and others, so "Cranberry" is a berry
> that cranes like to eat.
> Mike
etymonline says it may be because the stamens are long, like crane necks, although I
wouldn't be surprised if it were also relevant that they often grow on lagoons;
in other words, they resemble cranes, just as raspberries look like they ought
to be raspy.

-- Paul