English
grook
Grook comes from Danish grin ‘laugh’.
- Danishmoderngrin‘laugh’
- Danish, derivedmoderngruk
- Englishtodaygrook
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Danishmoderngrin‘laugh’
- Danish, derivedmoderngruk
- Englishtodaygrook
The story
From Danish gruk, coined by the Danish poet Piet Hein.
Every English word from Danish grin
Today it means
noun A brief, aphoristic poem, often containing irony or paradox.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Danish grin / grook