Where does “landkrabbe” come from?
landkrabbe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål krabbe, from Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba, 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...
landkrabbe (Norwegian Bokmål): a landlubber
Definitions
- a landlubber
Ancestry of “landkrabbe”, step by step
landkrabbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål krabbe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | krabbe | a crab; to crawl |
| 2 | Old Norse | krabbi | — |
| 3 | Old English | crabba | crab; crayfish |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | krabbō | crab |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krabbô | crab |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krabbōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |