The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*krumpaz“bent, crooked, curved”
- English todaycrome
From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at right angles, resembling a garden fork with bent prongs, and used for breaking up soil, clearing ditches, raking up shellfish on beaches, etc. Full definition →
Proto-Germanic *krumpaz