English
cricket
Cricket (the game) is perhaps from Flemish met de krik ketsen ‘to chase a ball with a curved stick’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentmet de krik ketsen‘to chase a ball with a curved stick’uncertain
- Englishtodaycricket
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentmet de krik ketsen‘to chase a ball with a curved stick’uncertain
- Englishtodaycricket
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- ‘to make a sound, cry hoarsely’
through Proto-Indo-European *gerg-
crouch, crochet, encroach, 7 more
through Proto-West Germanic *krakōn ‘to crack, crackle, shriek’
Another origin of cricket
- Dutchc. 1500–presentmet de krik ketsen‘to chase a ball with a curved stick’uncertain
- Englishtodaycricket
Today it means
noun An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch met de krik ketsen / cricket