Where does “kruktu” come from?

kruktu (Sranan Tongo) comes from English crooked, from Middle English croked, from Middle English croken, from Old English crācettan, from Proto-Germanic krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

kruktu (Sranan Tongo): wrong, bad

Definitions

  1. wrong, bad

Ancestry of “kruktu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcrookedsimple past tense and past participle of crook;...
2Middle Englishcroked—
3Middle EnglishcrokenTo be bent; to curve; To make bent; to crook; To...
4Old Englishcrācettanto croak
5Proto-Germanickrēk-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

Words derived from “kruktu”

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