crouken

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • crowken

Etymology

Back-formation from Old English crācettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative crǣcetung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-g-, from *greh₂-k-, of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkruːkən/

Verb

crouken

  1. to coo, croak
  2. to groan (of persons)

Conjugation

Conjugation of crouken (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) crouken, crouke
present tense past tense
1st-person singular crouke crouked
2nd-person singular croukest croukedest
3rd-person singular crouketh crouked
subjunctive singular crouke
imperative singular —
plural1 crouken, crouke croukeden, croukede
imperative plural crouketh, crouke —
participles croukynge, croukende crouked, ycrouked

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: croak
  • ⇒ Yola: crookeen, crooken

References

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