An etymology for Kreacher

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 107386

Carol adds:

"I think the reader (even a very young reader) is supposed to
catch--and react to--the name Kreacher, which certainly does suggest
"creature" in the sense of a lesser (or at any rate, nonhuman) being
(in our world, usually an animal). Think of the implications of giving
him that name and its effect on his view of himself as he realized its
meaning."

DuffyPoo now:

I am far from young and never considered this once reading the book (which I have probably, by now, read 10 times or more) until I saw the posts here.  I presumed, obviously incorrectly, that Kreacher's House-elf parents would have named him and that it meant something to them. (Not unlike Samwise Gamgee's parents naming him "Samwise" meaning "Halfwise".)  I can't imagine, say, Malfoy naming Dobby as it appears entirely to cuddly-cute when I think Malfoy would be more inclined to something like "Hey-You."  

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