Grick
Pennsylvania German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
Grick f (plural Gricke)
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
Grick f (plural Gricke)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
Grick