Where does “inkruip” come from?
inkruip (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans in, from Dutch in, from Middle Dutch in, from Old Dutch in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
inkruip (Afrikaans): to creep in
Ancestry of “inkruip”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | in | in; inside; within; in; into |
| 2 | Dutch | in | in, inside; into; in; expressing containment |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | in | in, inside, within; into; within |
| 4 | Old Dutch | in | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |