Where does “wall-crawler” come from?
wall-crawler (English) comes from English crawler, 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...
wall-crawler (English): something which adheres to and crawls upon...
Definitions
- something which adheres to and crawls upon...
Ancestry of “wall-crawler”, step by step
wall-crawler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crawler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crawler | A child who is able to creep using its hands and... |
| 2 | English | crawl | To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or... |
| 3 | Middle English | crawlen | to crawl |
| 4 | Old Norse | krafla | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krablōną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English Wall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wall | The Berlin Wall |
| 2 | Middle English | wall | Alternative form of wale |
| 3 | Old English | weall | wall; fervour; uproar; boiled or mulled wine |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wallaz | well, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 5 | Latin | vallum | wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | to see, perceive |