Where does “creke” come from?

creke (Middle English) comes from Old Dutch krika, from Proto-West Germanic *krikō, from Proto-Germanic *krikô.

Ancestry of “creke”, step by step

creke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch krika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkrika—
2Proto-West Germanic*krikōcove, inlet, creek
3Proto-Germanic*krikô—

via Middle Dutch crieke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcrieke—
2Old Dutchkrieka—

Words derived from “creke”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *krikô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *krikō →Every word from Old Dutch krika →