Grick

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Pennsylvania German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English creek or crick.

Noun[edit]

Grick f (plural Gricke)

  1. creek

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)

  1. crutch

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

Grick

  1. plural of Gruck
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