creek
要点小川
意味
- クリーク族[の人](Alabama州やGeorgia州に住むアメリカインディアンの一族)
- クリーク語
- 《米》小川
- 《英》(海・湖などの)小さな入り江
例文
She pulled herself out of the water and waddled along the sand at the edge of the creek.
水から上がり、入江のほとりの砂の上を、よちよち歩き出しました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English crike, probably from Old Norse kriki, from Proto-Germanic *krikjô, variant of krekô, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, to wind”); the modern form creek (already late Middle English creke) either reflects open-syllable lengthening of Middle English /i/ or reborrowing from Middle Dutch krēke., Compare typologically English bight, akin to bend, bow. See also Old Dutch creka, crika (“inlet, cove, creek”), Medieval Latin creca, crica, kríkr (“angle, corner, nook, bay”), Old Norse kraki (“pole with a hook, anchor”), and possibly Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”).