Where does “crouken” come from?
crouken (Middle English) comes from Old English crācettan, from Proto-Germanic krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.
crouken (Middle English): to bend, crouch
Ancestry of “crouken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | crācettan | to croak |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | krēk- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |
Words derived from “crouken”