Where does “kruffe” come from?

kruffe (Central Franconian) comes from Old High German krūfan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

kruffe (Central Franconian): to creep, to crawl

Definitions

  1. to creep, to crawl

Ancestry of “kruffe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankrūfan—
2Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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