Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An ailment, ache. · An ill-tempered or nasty person. · A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim. · A fit of temper or passion.
Hard; difficult. · Strange; weird; odd. · Bent; twisted; crooked; distorted; out of repair. · Sick; unwell.
From Dutch or Low German krank, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“bent; weak”). Cognate with Scots crank, krank, German krank (“sick”).
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