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=== Related words ===
Since the 19th century, the word ''krake'' have, beyond the monster, given name to the cephalopod order ''[[Octopoda]]'' in [[Swedish language|Swedish]] (''krakar''){{efn|Although "eight-armed cephalopods", {{lang-sv|åttaarmade bläckfiskar}}, is a more common synonym.}} and [[German language|German]] (''Kraken''), resulting in many
The Swedish [[diminutive form]] ''kräkel'', a word for a branchy/spiny piece of wood,<ref name="kräkel sbst.1"/> have given name to a variety of sea dwelling plants in Swedish, most notably [[furcellaria lumbricalis]], a species of [[red algae]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kräkel |url=https://www.havet.nu/livet/art/krakel |website=havet.nu |access-date=2023-06-20}}</ref>{{efn|Kräkel has also been used to describe [[Potamogeton|Potamogeton Vaill]] (pondweed)<ref name="kräkel sbst.3"/> and [[Zostera |Zostera Lin]] (marine eelgrass),<ref name="kräkel sbst.4"/> etc.}} There is also the [[morphological derivation]] ''kräkla'' (dialectal {{lang-no|krekle}}), meaning crooked piece of wood, which has given name to primitive forms of [[whisk]]s and beaters (cooking), made from the tops of trees by keeping a row of twigs as the beating element, resembling the appearance of a [[cephalopod]], but also [[crosier]]s and [[shepherd's crook]]s.<ref name="kräkla sbst.2"/>
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