Where does “crawler” come from?

crawler (English) comes from English crawl, from Middle English crawlen, from Old Norse krafla, from Proto-Germanic krablōną, from Proto-Germanic krabbōną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crawler (English): A child who is able to creep using its hands and...

Definitions

  1. A child who is able to creep using its hands and...

Ancestry of “crawler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrawlTo creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or...
2Middle Englishcrawlento crawl
3Old Norsekrafla—
4Proto-Germanickrablōną—
5Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “crawler”

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