Where does “crabbedly” come from?
crabbedly (English) comes from Middle English crabbidly, from Middle English crabbed, from Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba, from Proto-West Germanic krabbō, from Proto-Germanic krabbô, from Proto-Germanic krabbōną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
crabbedly (English): In a crabbed manner
Definitions
- In a crabbed manner
Ancestry of “crabbedly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | crabbidly | spitefully; in an ill-tempered way |
| 2 | Middle English | crabbed | immoral, backwards, savage, rapacious; crabbed,... |
| 3 | Middle English | crabbe | crab; A crayfish, lobster or similar crustacean;... |
| 4 | Old English | crabba | crab; crayfish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | krabbō | crab |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krabbô | crab |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |