Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khjŏk (~ *gh-, qh-, Gh-)
Meaning: bend, crooked
Tibetan: gjog curved, crooked, kjag-kjog, kjog-kjog curved, crooked, kjog id., khjog id., ãkhjog crooked, bent.
Lepcha: kjok to be crooked, curved, to wind as river, road; crooked