Where does “kraba” come from?

kraba (Ingrian) comes from Russian краб, 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...

kraba (Ingrian): crab

Definitions

  1. crab

Ancestry of “kraba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкрабcrab
2Proto-Germanickrabbôcrab
3Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
4Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krabbōną →