Where does “crooked” come from?

I can't write this etymology because the chain provided only contains English words repeating in a cycle, with no older language sources or origin information. A proper etymology requires tracing back to earlier languages (like Old English, Proto-Germanic, etc.). Could you provide the actual etymological chain?

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
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