Where does “crimble” come from?

crimble (English) comes from Middle English crymblen, from Old English crymlan, from Old English cruma, from Proto-Germanic krumô, from Proto-Indo-European grū-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crimble (English): Christmas

Definitions

  1. Christmas

Ancestry of “crimble”, step by step

crimble traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English crymblen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcrymblen
2Old Englishcrymlanto crumble
3Old Englishcrumafragment; crumb
4Proto-Germanickrumôcrumb, fragment
5Proto-Indo-Europeangrū-mo-something scraped together, lumber, junk; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Middle English kremelen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishkremelen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-Every word from Proto-Indo-European grū-mo-Every word from Proto-Germanic krumô