Where does “crabba” come from?

crabba (Old English) comes 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...

crabba (Old English): crab; crayfish

Definitions

  1. crab; crayfish

Ancestry of “crabba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickrabbōcrab
2Proto-Germanickrabbôcrab
3Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
4Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “crabba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krabbōną →