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[[File:Trädragg.jpg|thumb|Old style Scandinavian drag ([[grapnel anchor]]) made from the top of a tree, historically known as ''krake'' or ''krabbe'' in the [[Scandinavian languages]], probably the root for the naming of the mythological monster.]]
ItKraken is thoughtassumed thatto ''krake''have inbeen thenamed sensefiguratively ofafter athe "multi-armedmeaning sea“crooked monster"tree” or "[[octopus]]"its is derived from thederivate meaning "crooked tree"“drag”, as trunks with crooked branches or outgrowths, asand well asespecially drags, wooden or not, readily conjure up the image of a [[cephalopod]], making it a descriptive nameor initiallysimilar.<ref name="krake sbst.2"/><ref name="krake sbst.3"/><ref name="krake sbst.4"/><ref name="UIB"/> This idea seems to first have been notably remarked by Icelandic [[philologist]] [[Finnur Jónsson]] in 1920.{{sfnp|Finnur Jónsson|1920|pp=113-114}} A synonym for kraken has also been ''krabbe'' (see below), which further indicates a name-theme referencing drags.
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