
English word cranium comes from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrh₂esn, Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-
*ḱrh₂esn (Proto-Indo-European)
*ḱerh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
κάρα (Ancient Greek)
κρανίον (Ancient Greek)
cranium (Malayalam)
cranium (English)
That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.. The skull of a vertebrate.