crank
English
/kɹæŋk/
adj
Definitions
- (slang) Strange, weird, odd.
- Sick; unwell
- (nautical) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
- Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cronk inherited from Old English cranc inherited from *krank (weak) inherited from Proto-Germanic *krangaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krangaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arm English
- bait English
- bell English
- bellcrank English
- case English
- crankarm English
- crankbait English
- crankcase English
- cranker English
- crankily English
- crankiness English
- crankish English
- crankle English
- crankness English
- crankpin English
- crankset English
- crankshaft English
- cranksome English
- cranky English
- overcrank English
- pin English
- set English
- shaft English
- undercrank English
- Krankenkasse German
- Krankenschwester German
- Krankheit German
- alkoholkrank German
- dauerkrank German
- erkranken German
- fußkrank German
- geisteskrank German
- höhenkrank German
- krank German
- krankhaft German
- krankmachen German
- krankschreiben German
- krebskrank German
- kränklich German
- leberkrank German
- liebeskrank German
- lungenkrank German
- nervenkrank German
- nillenkrank German
- schwerkrank German
- seekrank German
- sterbenskrank German
- suchtkrank German
- todkrank German
- zuckerkrank German
- *krangaz Proto-Germanic
- *krankaz Proto-Germanic
- クランク Japanese
- krank Norwegian Nynorsk
- cranc Old English
- cronk Middle English
- *krank Old High German
- krank Middle High German
- *krank gmw-pro
- krånkh Cimbrian
- *krank Old Saxon
- Grenk Pennsylvania German