Rick
Old English hrēac, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rook .
wiktionary
From Middle English *rykke, from Old English hrycce(“rick, heap, pile”), cognate with Scots ruk(“rick”), Norwegian ruka(“rick, haystack”). Related also to Old English hrēac(“rick, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz(“heap”). Further relations: Dutch rook, Norwegian rauk, Swedish rök, Icelandic hraukur.
From earlier wrick, from Middle English wricken, wrikken(“to move back and forth”), probably from Middle Dutch *verwricken or Middle Low German vorwricken. Cognate with West Frisian wrikke, wrikje, Dutch wrikken, Low German wricken, German wricken, Danish vrikke, Swedish vricka.
Abbreviated form from recruit.
etymonline
rick (n.)
"stack of hay, straw, etc.," especially if regularly built and thatched to keep off rain, Middle English reke, from Old English hreac, from Proto-Germanic *khraukaz (source also of Old Norse hraukr, Frisian reak, Dutch rook "heap"); perhaps related to ridge (n.).
