Swiss, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for an
argumentative person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German
kriec, German Krieg ‘strife’, ‘conflict’, ‘squabble’
(Yiddish krig).German: variant of
Krug.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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