Words that come from Proto-Indo-European gerb-

144 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gerb- — including Cromwell, creep, creeping, cripple, creepy, crumple, crumpling, Cromwellian.

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English (48)

Middle English (16)

Old English (9)

Dutch (8)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Scottish Gaelic (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old High German (4)

German (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Old Irish (3)

Low German (2)

Danish (2)

Swedish (2)

Welsh (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Irish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Icelandic (1)

French (1)

Esperanto (1)

Faroese (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Middle Low German (1)