Where does “crēopan” come from?

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

crēopan (Old English): to creep, crawl

Definitions

  1. to creep, crawl

Ancestry of “crēopan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “crēopan”

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