Where does “jokikrapu” come from?

jokikrapu (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian krapu, 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...

jokikrapu (Ingrian): crayfish

Definitions

  1. crayfish

Ancestry of “jokikrapu”, step by step

jokikrapu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ingrian krapu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriankrapucrab; crayfish
2Proto-Germanickrabbôcrab
3Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
4Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Ingrian joki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianjokiriver
2Proto-Finnicjokiriver
3Proto-Uralicjokeriver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krabbōną →
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