Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “gerg-”
400 words across 60 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gerg- — including crack, cracking, cricket, crackers, encroachment, crotch, creak, cracker.
See the etymology of gerg- itself →
English (145)
- crack
- cracking
- cricket
- crackers
- encroachment
- crotch
- creak
- cracker
- encroach
- crochet
- crock
- Velcro
- creaky
- cricketer
- crotchet
- firecracker
- nutcracker
- crackpot
- crotchety
- Kruk
- wisecrack
- cracksman
- crackerjack
- crackhead
- hydrocracking
- croquette
- microcrack
- crotched
- crackbrained
- creakily
- encroacher
- crotchless
- chirk
- Krukowski
- safecracker
- craquelure
- crockpot
- safecracking
- uncrackable
- cracknel
- crocheter
- wisecracker
- crocker
- crocky
- crackhouse
- macrocrack
- whipcrack
- creakiness
- crackable
- crackberry
- chark
- cracklike
- croche
- crackbrain
- cracka
- crackest
- crickety
- crotchetiness
- crackback
- macrocracking
- crochetwork
- thundercrack
- crackless
- croqueta
- crackjaw
- encroacheth
- tocrack
- buttcrack
- crackerlike
- bushcricket
- anticrack
- creakless
- Isocracking
- cricketeer
- noncracking
- creaker
- nutcrack
- hydrocrack
- crackpottery
- accroach
- crackability
- anticracking
- wisecracky
- crackpipe
- craker
- crackproof
- korokke
- crackerberry
- crack baby
- croque-monsieur
- croque-madame
- kilikiti
- cracktro
- crack train
- crackerless
- noncreaky
- cricketless
- crackerass
- crotchdropping
- crotchetily
- crotchling
- outcrack
- crotchline
- creakest
- creaketh
- crackfic
- crotchal
- crackpotitude
- cracker-ass
- Cracker Night
- crackerbread
- encroachest
- moon cricket
- cracklessly
- cracklet
- cricketana
- crackmeter
- crotchful
- crackpotology
- crotchbulge
- craic
- cracks
- Kraken
- Krog
- crackery
- Croxton
- uncricketlike
- unencroachable
- acreak
- antecrochet
- crack shot
- crack-hemp
- crack-rope
- crackage
- crackbrainedness
- crackeriness
- cracketh
- Crackgate
- crackie
- cracklessness
- crackmans
- cracknut
- crackpotty
- crackskull
- cracktastic
French (37)
- croche
- crochet
- croc
- croquette
- croquer
- croquet
- recoquiller
- recroqueviller
- crocheter
- croque-monsieur
- croque-madame
- craquelin
- accrocher
- croquant
- craquer
- craqueter
- craquelure
- craqueler
- raccrocher
- escroquer
- escroquerie
- cricket
- accrochage
- incrochetable
- crochetable
- craquage
- crocheteur
- à croquer
- croque galois
- raccrocheur
- kraken
- crack
- escroque
- cracks
- crochée
- crochetage
- accrocheur