Where does “crabe” come from?

crabe (French) comes from Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba, from Proto-West Germanic krabbō, from Proto-Germanic krabbô, from Proto-Germanic krabbōną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crabe (French): crab; cancer

Definitions

  1. crab; cancer

Ancestry of “crabe”, step by step

crabe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse krabbi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekrabbi—
2Old Englishcrabbacrab; crayfish
3Proto-West Germanickrabbōcrab
4Proto-Germanickrabbôcrab
5Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Middle Dutch crabbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcrabbe—
2Old Dutchkrabba—

Words derived from “crabe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →