Grick

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

• Krick

Etymology 1

From English creek or crick.

Noun

Grick f (plural Gricke)

1. creek

Etymology 2

From Middle High German krucke, krücke, from Old High German krucka, from Proto-West Germanic *krukkju, from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend”).

Compare German Krücke, Dutch kruk, English crutch.

Noun

Grick f (plural Gricke)

1. crutch

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Grick

1. plural of Gruck