An etymology for Kreacher

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No: HPFGUIDX 107242

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "theadimail" <theadimail at y...> 
wrote:
> Hi all,
>   I don't know whether anybody has suggested this elsewhere, 
because 
> I do not keep up with the etymology lists on the net, but the 
> etymology for Kreacher seems to me this. Kreacher, seems to be 
merely 
> a different spelling for the word 'creature'. Since Kreacher is 
> supposed to be what he is because of the (can we call it that?)
racial 
> discrimination shown towards him by the other wizards. 
> Well, 'creature' seems to be the word that is used when you do not 
> look upon others as well as yourself, when this class of being is 
> upposed to be somehow lower than yours. When you hate somebody for 
> belonging to a certain class, they become 'creatures', don't they?
>   Um, that's it. It occured to me the first time I read the book 
but 
> I didn't know whether one posted things like this to the group.
> Bye,
> Adi

Sue:

Yes, Kreacher does, indeed, sound like "creature" andthat's probably 
what it means. JKR doesa lot of this Dickensian naming, as we've all 
noticed, with characters having appropriate names! :-)