crouch

(Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

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Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/kɹaʊt͡ʃ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English crouchen (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.

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