Where does “croken” come from?

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

croken (Middle English): To be bent; to curve; To make bent; to crook; To...

Definitions

  1. To be bent; to curve; To make bent; to crook; To...

Ancestry of “croken”, step by step

croken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English crācettan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcrācettanto croak
2Proto-Germanickrēk-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Old English crōcian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcrōcian—

Words derived from “croken”

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