Where does “crumplen” come from?
crumplen (Middle English) comes from Middle English crumpen, from Old English crump, from Proto-Germanic *krumpaz, from Proto-Germanic krimpaną, from Proto-Indo-European grebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Ancestry of “crumplen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | crumpen | to curl up, crump |
| 2 | Old English | crump | bent, crooked; crooked, bent |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *krumpaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | krimpaną | to shrink, draw back |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | grebʰ- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “crumplen”