Where does “crumpler” come from?

crumpler (English) comes from English crumple, from Middle English crumplen, from Middle English crumpen, from Old English crump, from Proto-Germanic *krumpaz, from Proto-Germanic krimpaną, from Proto-Indo-European grebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crumpler (English): Someone or something that crumples

Definitions

  1. Someone or something that crumples

Ancestry of “crumpler”, step by step

crumpler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English crumple

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrumpleA crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold; To rumple;...
2Middle Englishcrumplen
3Middle Englishcrumpento curl up, crump
4Old Englishcrumpbent, crooked; crooked, bent
5Proto-Germanic*krumpaz
6Proto-Germanickrimpanąto shrink, draw back
7Proto-Indo-Europeangrebʰ-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-Every word from Proto-Indo-European grebʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic krimpaną
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