Where does “crūpan” come from?

crūpan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crūpan (Old Dutch): to creep

Definitions

  1. to creep

Ancestry of “crūpan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “crūpan”

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