crush

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kreustaną“to crush, grind, strike, smash”
2. Frankish · derived from*krustijan“to crush, squeeze, squash”
3. Late Latin · derived from*crusciō“to crush”
4. Old French · derived fromcroissir“to crush”
5. Middle English · derived fromcruschen“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”
6. English todaycrush

From Middle English cruschen (“to crush, smash, squeeze, squash”), from Old French croissir (“to crush”), from Late Latin *crusciō (“to crush”), from Frankish *krustijan (“to crush, squeeze, squash”), from Proto-Germanic *kreustaną (“to crush, grind, strike, smash”). Cognate with Middle Low German tôkrosten (“to crush, shatter”), Swedish krysta (“to squeeze”), Danish kryste (“to squash”), Icelandic kreista (“to squeeze, squash”), Faroese kroysta (“to squeeze”), Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to gnash”). Akin also to Middle Dutch crosen (“to bruise, crush”), Middle Low German krossen, krö̂sen, tôkrö̂sen (“to break, shatter”), Old Swedish krusa (“to crush”).