Where does “krabbe” come from?

krabbe (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon krabbo, from Proto-West Germanic krabbō, from Proto-Germanic krabbô, from Proto-Germanic krabbōną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “krabbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonkrabbo—
2Proto-West Germanickrabbōcrab
3Proto-Germanickrabbôcrab
4Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
5Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “krabbe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krabbōną →