Where does “crimpan” come from?

crimpan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic krimpaną, from Proto-Indo-European grebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crimpan (Old Dutch): to shrink

Definitions

  1. to shrink

Ancestry of “crimpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickrimpanąto shrink, draw back
2Proto-Indo-Europeangrebʰ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “crimpan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European grebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krimpaną →