Krücke
German (Berlin)
/ˈkʁʏkə/
noun
Definitions
- crutch
- (figuratively) crotch; prop
- (derogatory) laggard, snail slow person
- (derogatory) piece of junk
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German krucke inherited from Old High German krucka inherited from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (crutch, staff) derived from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (bend, wrinkle).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*grewg-
Gloss
bend, wrinkle
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
皺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crutch English
- crutcher English
- crutchless English
- crutchlike English
- Krückstock German
- Stock German
- gruccia Italian
- *ger- Proto-Indo-European
- *grewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *krukjō Proto-Germanic
- crycc Old English
- cryċċ Old English
- crucche Middle English
- krucka Old High German
- grucho Ido
- krucke Middle High German
- krukka Old Saxon
- *krukkija Frankish
- *krukkja lng