crochet
English
/kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/
noun
Definitions
- Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
- A certain crest of enamel on the molar molar teeth of some rhinoceros.
Etymology
Borrowed from French crochet (hook) derived from Middle French crochet derived from Old French crochet (small hook), croc (hook) derived from Frankish *krōk (hook) derived from Old Norse krókr (hook, bend, bight) derived from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (hook, bend) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (basket, twist, tracery, shout, crow, wicker, bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gerg-
Gloss
basket, twist, tracery, shout, crow, wicker, bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
籠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antecrochet English
- croche English
- crocheter English
- crochetwork English
- crotchet English
- work English
- crocco Italian
- croc French
- crochet French
- crocheter French
- croché Spanish, Castilian
- *ger- Proto-Indo-European
- *gerg- Proto-Indo-European
- *gerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *greg- Proto-Indo-European
- krok Norwegian Bokmål
- colchete Portuguese
- crochet Portuguese
- *krakōną Proto-Germanic
- *krōkaz Proto-Germanic
- *krōkilaz Proto-Germanic
- krok Norwegian Nynorsk
- *crōc Old English
- croche Middle English
- croke Middle English
- crouchen Middle English
- cróise Irish
- krókr Old Norse
- croc Old French
- crochet Old French
- krókur Icelandic
- krókur Faroese
- cro Norman
- crotchet Norman
- croc Middle French
- crochet Middle French
- kroker Old Swedish
- krōker, kroker Old Swedish
- *krōk Frankish
- krok Old Danish