Crouch Definition

Origin of Crouch

• From Middle English crouchen, crucchen, crouken (“to bend, crouch”), variant of croken (“to bend, crook”), from crok (“crook, hook”), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“wicker, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind, weave”). Compare Middle Dutch krōken (“to crook, curl”). More at crook.

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English crouchen probably from Old North French crouchir to become bent variant of Old French crochir from croche hook crochet

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Middle English crouche, cruche, from Old English crūċ (“cross”). Compare Old Saxon krūci (“cross”), Old High German chrūzi (“cross”).

  From Wiktionary