Where does “крикет” come from?
крикет (Russian) comes from English cricket, from Middle English creket, from Old French crequet, from Old French criquer, from Middle Dutch kricken, from Old Dutch krakōn, from Proto-Indo-European gerg-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
крикет (Russian): cricket
Ancestry of “крикет”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | cricket | An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially... |
| 2 | Middle English | creket | — |
| 3 | Old French | crequet | — |
| 4 | Old French | criquer | to creak |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | kricken | to creak; crack |
| 6 | Old Dutch | krakōn | to crack, creak, emit a cry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerg- | to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |