Where does “krabbe” come from?

krabbe (German) comes 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...

krabbe (German): crab

Definitions

  1. crab

Ancestry of “krabbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankrabbe
2Old Saxonkrabbo
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...

Words derived from “krabbe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-
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