Where does “crēap” come from?
crēap (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...
crēap (Old English): crept
Ancestry of “crēap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | crēopan | to creep, crawl |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *kreupan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kreupaną | to twist, to creep |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “crēap”