Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kangura-

Etymology

 * possibly related to, , and if the word is of Indo-European origin, it may be further related to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, all from . 🇨🇬 is probably borrowed from Germanic together with ; alternatively, the present word could be borrowed from Finnish.

Noun

 * 1) net, plait, web
 * 2) weaver, spider
 * 1) weaver, spider

Reconstruction notes
According to Íslensk orðsifjabók, the word's original meaning may have been "net, plait, something woven", hence the sense of would be “web-weaveress”; but 🇨🇬, clearly the same etymon, means “weaver”, which is close to the sense of. However, is also attested as  and a relation to  is also possible, in which case  would be unrelated to the English and North Germanic descendants listed below; that is, if  was not remade in a way similar to that of the first element of  and , which are usually seen as being of the same origin as

Inflection
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