Where does “crawl” come from?
crawl (French) comes 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...
crawl (French): crawl
Ancestry of “crawl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | crawl | To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or... |
| 2 | Middle English | crawlen | to crawl |
| 3 | Old Norse | krafla | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | krablōną | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “crawl”