Where does “krepen” come from?

krepen (Low German) comes from Old Saxon kriopan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

krepen (Low German): to creep; to crawl

Definitions

  1. to creep; to crawl

Ancestry of “krepen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonkriopanto creep
2Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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