Where does “kroket” come from?
kroket (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch kroket, from French croquette, from French croquer, from Middle French croquer, from Old French crokier, from French craquer, from Middle French craquer, from Dutch kraken — to grow old, to mature.
kroket (Afrikaans): croquet; A croquette filled with ragout
Definitions
- croquet; A croquette filled with ragout
Ancestry of “kroket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | kroket | a croquette filled with ragout, commonly sold in... |
| 2 | French | croquette | croquette; kibble; a beanpole |
| 3 | French | croquer | to crunch; to waste, squander; to sketch, outline |
| 4 | Middle French | croquer | — |
| 5 | Old French | crokier | to slap, hit, strike |
| 6 | French | craquer | to split, to break; to crack; to crack, to creak,... |
| 7 | Middle French | craquer | — |
| 8 | Dutch | kraken | to crack, break open; to make a creaky sound,... |
| 9 | Norwegian | kraken | — |
| 10 | Norwegian | krake | sea monster |
| 11 | Esperanto | kraki | to crack, crackle |
| 12 | English | crack | To form cracks; To break apart under pressure; To... |
| 13 | Middle English | crak | loud conversation, bragging talk |
| 14 | Old Norse | kráka | crow |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | *krakǭ | — |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | krakōną | to crack; crackle; shriek |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |