Where does “crabben” come from?

crabben (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic krabbōną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “crabben”, step by step

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

Words derived from “crabben”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krabbōną →