Where does “crope” come from?
crope (Middle English) comes from Old English crēap, from Old English crēopan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Ancestry of “crope”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | crēap | crept |
| 2 | Old English | crēopan | to creep, crawl |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kreupan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kreupaną | to twist, to creep |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “crope”