grex/ krex/ krechtz

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>related somehow to "kvetch" ??

MW3 says not etymologically:

"krex" < PA German = Std. German "kraechzen" = "croak"/"caw";

"kvetch" < Yiddish = Std. German "quetschen" = "pinch"/"squeeze"/"squash".

DARE cross-references them with "cf.".

-- Doug Wilson


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