crook

crook · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*greg-“tracery, basket, bend”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*krōkaz“bend, hook”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*krōk
4. Old English · inherited from*crōc“hook, bend, crook”
5. Middle English · inherited fromcroke
6. English todaycrook

From Middle English croke, crok, from Old English *crōc (“hook, bend, crook”), from Proto-West Germanic *krōk, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“bend, hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greg- (“tracery, basket, bend”). Cognate with Dutch kreuk (“a bend, fold, wrinkle”), Middle Low German kroke, krake (“fold, wrinkle”), Danish krog (“crook, hook”), Swedish krok (“crook, hook”), Icelandic krókur (“hook”). Compare typologically Czech křivák (< křivý < Proto-Slavic *krivъ, whence also *krivьda).

crook · verb²

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*krōkōn“to bend, wrinkle”
2. Old English · inherited from*crōcian
3. Middle English · inherited fromcrooken
4. English todaycrook

From Middle English crooken, croken, crokien, from Old English *crōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *krōkōn (“to bend, wrinkle”), from the noun (see above). Cognate with Dutch kreuken (“to crease, rumple”), German Low German kröken (“to bend, offend, suppress”).

crook · adjective³

From crooked (“dishonestly come by”).

Crook · proper noun⁴

1. Welsh · derived fromcrug“hill, mound”
2. English todayCrook

Of Brythonic origin, from Welsh crug (“hill, mound”).

Crook · proper noun⁵

1. English · derived fromcrook“bend, hook”
2. English todayCrook

From English crook (“bend, hook”).

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