Where does “krap” come from?

krap (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch krab, from Middle Dutch crabbe, from Old Dutch krabba.

krap (Afrikaans): crab; crab meat; bait made from crab meat

Definitions

  1. crab; crab meat; bait made from crab meat

Ancestry of “krap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkrabcrab, crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura
2Middle Dutchcrabbe—
3Old Dutchkrabba—
Every word from Old Dutch krabba →Every word from Middle Dutch crabbe →Every word from Dutch krab →