Where does “Krick” come from?

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

Krick (Pennsylvania German): creek

Definitions

  1. creek

Ancestry of “Krick”, step by step

Krick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English creek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcreekA small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower...
2Middle Englishcreke—
3Old Dutchkrika—
4Proto-West Germanic*krikōcove, inlet, creek
5Proto-Germanic*krikô—

via English crick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrickA painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of...
2Middle Englishcrikemuscular spasm of the neck
3Old Norsekrikibend; nook

Words derived from “Krick”

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