Where does “crawlen” come from?

crawlen (Middle English) comes from Old Norse krafla, from Proto-Germanic krablōną, from Proto-Germanic krabbōną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crawlen (Middle English): to crawl

Definitions

  1. to crawl

Ancestry of “crawlen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekrafla—
2Proto-Germanickrablōną—
3Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
4Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “crawlen”

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