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Where does “crengan” come from?

crengan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *krangijan, from Proto-Germanic krangijaną, from Proto-Germanic kringaną, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crengan (Old English): to cause to fall, turn

Definitions

  1. to cause to fall, turn

Ancestry of “crengan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*krangijan—
2Proto-Germanickrangijanąto make turn, fall
3Proto-Germanickringanąto turn, fall, yield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “crengan”

  • cringe
  • cringing
  • cringingly
  • cringeworthy
  • cringer
  • cringy
  • cringeling
  • cringemaking
  • cringingness
  • cringesome
  • cringeworthily
  • cringeth
  • cringest
  • cringeworthiness
  • cringefest
  • krindž
  • crengen
  • crinchen
  • crenchen
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