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
- simple past tense and past participle of crook;...
Ancestry of “crooked”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | croked | — |
| 2 | Middle English | croken | To be bent; to curve; To make bent; to crook; To... |
| 3 | Old English | crācettan | to croak |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | krēk- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
Words derived from “crooked”