Where does “krepa” come from?

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

krepa (Proto-Albanian): body

Definitions

  1. body

Ancestry of “krepa”, step by step

krepa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *kreupan

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

via Proto-Indo-European krépos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
2Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

Words derived from “krepa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kreupaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan →