Krieche

Meaning

1. wild small Prunus fruit
2. (dialectal,obsolete) wild small Prunus fruit
3. (dialectal,obsolete) wild small Prunus fruit

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkriːçə/

Etymology

From Middle High German krieche, Old High German *krieha, *kriha only attested in compound Old High German krihboum, kriehboum, kriehhenboum. Origin uncertain, suspected to be = Grieche (“Greek”), but no such thing is known in Latin or Greek and there is no discernible reason why any of the denoted species could be perceived as Greek.
Cognates
Also found in Middle Low German krike, kreke, Low German Kreke, Kreike, Middle Dutch crieke, Dutch kriek, Danish kræge, Norwegian kræge, Swedish krikon, English crocket, Germanic borrowings Old French creke, creque, French crèque, Old Prussian krichaytos (with some suffix), Lithuanian kryklė, Latvian kriķis.