kruk
Dutch (Brabantic)
/krʏk/
noun
Definitions
- stool piece of furniture without back or armrests
- crutch device to assist in motion
- handle
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch crucke inherited from Old Dutch *krukka inherited from Frankish *krukkija inherited from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (crutch, staff).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*krukjō
Gloss
crutch, staff
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crutch English
- crutcher English
- crutchless English
- crutchlike English
- baarkruk Dutch, Flemish
- bar Dutch, Flemish
- baren Dutch, Flemish
- barkruk Dutch, Flemish
- *grewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *krukjō Proto-Germanic
- crycc Old English
- cryċċ Old English
- crucche Middle English
- crosse Old French
- kruk Indonesian
- crucke Middle Dutch
- krucka Old High German
- grucho Ido
- kruk Afrikaans
- *krukka Old Dutch
- krukka Old Saxon
- *krukkija Frankish
- kruk Western Frisian
- krikke West Flemish
- *krukkja lng