creak

English

/kɹiːk/

noun

Definitions

The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English creken inherited from Old English cearcian.

Origin

Old English

cearcian

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

creaker English
creakest English
creaketh English
creakily English
creakiness English
creakless English
creaky English
noncreaky English
cearcian Old English
creken Middle English
grykë Albanian
*grīwīkā Proto-Albanian