Where does “crope” come from?

crope (English) comes from Middle English crope, from Old English crēap, from Old English crēopan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crope (English): simple past tense of creep

Definitions

  1. simple past tense of creep

Ancestry of “crope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcrope—
2Old Englishcrēapcrept
3Old Englishcrēopanto creep, crawl
4Proto-West Germanic*kreupanto creep, crawl
5Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kreupaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan →
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