Where does “crenclen” come from?
crenclen (Middle English) comes from Old English crinclian, from Old English crincan, from Proto-Germanic kringaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
crenclen (Middle English): to bend, buckle
Ancestry of “crenclen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | crinclian | — |
| 2 | Old English | crincan | to curl; to crinkle |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kringaną | to turn, fall, yield |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “crenclen”