Where does “crawly” come from?

crawly (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...

crawly (English): Crawling around; As if covered in moving things...

Definitions

  1. Crawling around; As if covered in moving things...

Ancestry of “crawly”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krabbōną →
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