Where does “groppo” come from?

groppo (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *cruppus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

groppo (Italian): a tangle; a knot; a sudden cluster

Definitions

  1. a tangle; a knot; a sudden cluster

Ancestry of “groppo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*cruppus—
2Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “groppo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European grewb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kruppaz →