Where does “kruip” come from?
kruip (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch kruipen, from Middle Dutch crupen, from Old Dutch crūpan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
kruip (Afrikaans): to creep
Ancestry of “kruip”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | kruipen | to crawl; to creep |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | crupen | to crawl, to move close to the ground; to creep,... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | crūpan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kreupan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kreupaną | to twist, to creep |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “kruip”