From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen + -k; or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (for form development compare break, brask, brash).
Of uncertain origin; perhaps compare Russian крашени́на ("coarse linen").
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