Where does “cricketen” come from?

cricketen (Dutch) comes from Dutch cricket, 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...

cricketen (Dutch): to play cricket

Definitions

  1. to play cricket

Ancestry of “cricketen”, step by step

cricketen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch cricket

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchcricketcricket sport
2EnglishcricketAn insect in the order Orthoptera, especially...
3Middle Englishcreket—
4Old Frenchcrequet—
5Old Frenchcriquerto creak
6Middle Dutchkrickento creak; crack
7Old Dutchkrakōnto crack, creak, emit a cry
8Proto-Indo-Europeangerg-to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Dutch en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchenand; well, so; plus, and
2Middle Dutchendeand; end
3Old Dutchendiend
4Proto-West Germanicandīend
5Proto-Germanicandijazend
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerg- →Every word from Old Dutch krakōn →