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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcrēapcrept
2Old Englishcrēopanto creep, crawl
3Proto-West Germanic*kreupanto creep, crawl
4Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “crope”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kreupaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan →