Where does “Grick” come from?

Grick (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German krücke, from Old High German krucka, from Proto-Germanic krukjō, from Proto-Indo-European grewg-, from Indo-European *ger-.

Grick (Pennsylvania German): creek; crutch; plural of Gruck

Definitions

  1. creek; crutch; plural of Gruck

Ancestry of “Grick”, step by step

Grick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German krücke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankrücke—
2Old High Germankrucka—
3Proto-Germanickrukjōcurved staff; crutch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangrewg-wrinkle, bend; bend, wrinkle
5Indo-European*ger-—

via English Creek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCreekOne of a Native American tribe from the...
2Middle Englishcrikemuscular spasm of the neck
3Old Norsekrikibend; nook
Every word from Indo-European *ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European grewg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krukjō →