κρόκη

Ancient Greek

From κρέκω (krékō, “to weave”) +‎ -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix). The former is from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave”), see also Serbo-Croatian kresati, English reel.^[1]^[2]

κρόκη • (krókē) f (genitive κρόκης); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρόκη hē krókē	τὼ κρόκᾱ tṑ krókā	αἱ κρόκαι hai krókai
Genitive	τῆς κρόκης tês krókēs	τοῖν κρόκαιν toîn krókain	τῶν κροκῶν tôn krokôn
Dative	τῇ κρόκῃ têi krókēi	τοῖν κρόκαιν toîn krókain	ταῖς κρόκαις taîs krókais
Accusative	τὴν κρόκην tḕn krókēn	τὼ κρόκᾱ tṑ krókā	τᾱ̀ς κρόκᾱς tā̀s krókās
Vocative	κρόκη krókē	κρόκᾱ krókā	κρόκαι krókai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂, and related to Sanskrit शर्कर (śarkara, “pebble, gravel; later, sugar”) or कृशन (kṛśana, “pearl”), though Beekes is doubtful.^[3]

κρόκη • (krókē) f (genitive κρόκης); first declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρόκη hē krókē	τὼ κρόκᾱ tṑ krókā	αἱ κρόκαι hai krókai
Genitive	τῆς κρόκης tês krókēs	τοῖν κρόκαιν toîn krókain	τῶν κροκῶν tôn krokôn
Dative	τῇ κρόκῃ têi krókēi	τοῖν κρόκαιν toîn krókain	ταῖς κρόκαις taîs krókais
Accusative	τὴν κρόκην tḕn krókēn	τὼ κρόκᾱ tṑ krókā	τᾱ̀ς κρόκᾱς tā̀s krókās
Vocative	κρόκη krókē	κρόκᾱ krókā	κρόκαι krókai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρόκη 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 781
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “reel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρόκη 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 782