Where does “krieketkolf” come from?
krieketkolf (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans krieket, from English cricket, from Middle English creket, from Old French crequet, from Old French criquer, from Middle Dutch kricken, from Old Dutch krakōn, from Proto-Indo-European gerg- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
krieketkolf (Afrikaans): cricket bat; bat or club used in cricket
Definitions
- cricket bat; bat or club used in cricket
Ancestry of “krieketkolf”, step by step
krieketkolf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans krieket
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | krieket | cricket |
| 2 | English | cricket | An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially... |
| 3 | Middle English | creket | — |
| 4 | Old French | crequet | — |
| 5 | Old French | criquer | to creak |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | kricken | to creak; crack |
| 7 | Old Dutch | krakōn | to crack, creak, emit a cry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerg- | to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |