Krieche
German edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Krieche f (genitive Krieche, plural Kriechen)
Declension edit
Declension of Krieche [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Krieche” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Hehn, Victor with Schrader, Otto (1911) Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere in ihrem Übergang aus Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das übrige Europa[1] (in German), 8th edition, Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, page 384