Where does “kruipen” come from?

kruipen (Dutch) comes 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...

kruipen (Dutch): to crawl; to creep

Definitions

  1. to crawl; to creep

Ancestry of “kruipen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcrupento crawl, to move close to the ground; to creep,...
2Old Dutchcrūpanto creep
3Proto-West Germanic*kreupanto creep, crawl
4Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “kruipen”

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