crock

crock · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*grewg-“vessel”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*krukkō
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*krokku
4. Old English · inherited fromcrocc
5. Middle English · inherited fromcrok
6. English todaycrock

From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). The English word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.

crock · noun, verb²

Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit (“covered”).

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