crouch

crouch · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ger-“to turn, wind, weave”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gerg-“wicker, bend”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*krōkaz“hook”
4. Old Norse · derived fromkrókr“hook”
5. Middle English · inherited fromcrouchen“to bend, crouch”
6. English todaycrouch

From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.

crouch · noun, verb²

1. Old English · derived fromcrūċ“cross”
2. Middle English · derived fromcrouche
3. English todaycrouch

From Middle English crouche, cruche, from Old English crūċ (“cross”). Compare Old Saxon krūci (“cross”), Old High German krūzi (“cross”). Doublet of cross and crux.

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