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

Definitions

  1. to bend, crouch

Ancestry of “crouken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “crouken”

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