Etymograph

English

house cricket

Compound of house + cricket.

A compound of house + cricket

Proto-Germanic *hūsą

Proto-West Germanic *hūs

Old English hūs ‘dwelling’

Middle English hous ‘house’

English house

Dutch met de krik ketsen ‘to chase a ball with a curved stick’

English cricket

The story

It is frequently found in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces.

Today it means

noun A cricket of the species Acheta domestica.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / house cricket