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 krabbaEvery word from Middle Dutch crabbeEvery word from Dutch krab
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