Where does “crawl” come from?

Crawl comes from Middle English crawlen, from Old Norse krafla, from Proto-Germanic krablōną and krabbōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots grobʰ- and gerebʰ-.

crawl (English): To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or...

Definitions

  1. To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or...

Ancestry of “crawl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcrawlento crawl
2Old Norsekrafla—
3Proto-Germanickrablōną—
4Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
5Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “crawl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krabbōną →
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