Where does “crooked” come from?

crooked (English) comes from Middle English croked, from Middle English croken, from Old English crācettan, from Proto-Germanic krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

crooked (English): simple past tense and past participle of crook;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of crook;...

Ancestry of “crooked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcroked—
2Middle EnglishcrokenTo be bent; to curve; To make bent; to crook; To...
3Old Englishcrācettanto croak
4Proto-Germanickrēk-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “crooked”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krēk- →Every word from Old English crācettan →