Where does “kriipe” come from?

kriipe (North Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

kriipe (North Frisian): to crawl, creep

Definitions

  1. to crawl, creep

Ancestry of “kriipe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
2Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-