Talk:crock

Wiktionary:Requests for verification - kept

Kept. See archived discussion of September 2007. 20:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Etymology

This is logical; but Old English CRŌG and CRŌH are neither akin to CRUSE[0], nor to CRŪCE[1] (mentioned in Webster's 3 volume dictionary), which are separate words from a separate root. The first two analogous nouns may be influenced by the Germanic[3], that in turn are borrowed from the Celtic, and are cognate with Gaelic crogan (pitcher) but are really a hardened gutteral form of a Celtic form *GROG[6], whence Cornish CRŌGHEN (skin, hide) = Unified Cornish KROGHEN[7]; since many vessels and bottles were actually skins! Should the Germanic root not exist, then all forms of CROCK are from a Celtic root.

[0] means 'Absolutely not; [1] means 'Exceedingly unlikely'; [2] means 'Very dubious'; [3] means 'Questionable'; [4] means 'Possible'; [5] means 'Probable'; [6] means 'Likely'; [7] means 'Most Likely' or *Unattested; [8] means 'Attested'; [9] means 'Obvious' - only used for close matches within the same language or dialect, at linkable periods.

Andrew H. Gray 21:13, 4 November 2015 (UTC) Andrew (talk)

wrong etym?

Should this def be where it is? "To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another" That sounds like the second etymology, not the first. Mazzlebury (talk)