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
Ancestry of “crawlen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | krafla | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | krablōną | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “crawlen”