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
- crab; crab meat; bait made from crab meat
Ancestry of “krap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | krab | crab, crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | crabbe | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | krabba | — |