Where does “crupen” come from?
crupen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch crūpan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
crupen (Middle Dutch): to crawl, to move close to the ground; to creep,...
Definitions
- to crawl, to move close to the ground; to creep,...
Ancestry of “crupen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | crūpan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *kreupan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kreupaną | to twist, to creep |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “crupen”