Where does “þurhcreopan” come from?

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

þurhcreopan (Old English): to creep through

Definitions

  1. to creep through

Ancestry of “þurhcreopan”, step by step

þurhcreopan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English crēopan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcrēopanto creep, crawl
2Proto-West Germanic*kreupanto creep, crawl
3Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Old English þurh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishþurhAPI; through; by means of: by, through, via
2Proto-Germanicþurhwthrough
3Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥h₂kʷe—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kreupaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan →