Where does “Krabbenspinne” come from?

Krabbenspinne (German) comes from German krabbe, from Middle Low German krabbe, from Old Saxon krabbo, 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...

Krabbenspinne (German): crab spider

Definitions

  1. crab spider

Ancestry of “Krabbenspinne”, step by step

Krabbenspinne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German krabbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankrabbecrab
2Middle Low Germankrabbe—
3Old Saxonkrabbo—
4Proto-West Germanickrabbōcrab
5Proto-Germanickrabbôcrab
6Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
7Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via German spinne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspinnefirst-person singular indicative present of...
2Middle High Germanspinne—
3Old High Germanspinna—

Words derived from “Krabbenspinne”

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