croche

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ger-“to turn, bend, wind”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*krukaz
3. Frankish · derived from*krok“hook”
4. Middle French · borrowed fromcroche
5. English todaycroche

Borrowed from Middle French croche, equivalent to English crochet (“hook”), croc (“hook”), from Frankish *krok (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krukaz, *krōkaz (“something bent, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, wind”). Cognate with Old Norse krókr (“hook”).

Words from the same roots