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Where does “kreupaną” come from?

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

kreupaną (Proto-Germanic): to twist, to creep

Definitions

  1. to twist, to creep

Ancestry of “kreupaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “kreupaną”

  • creep
  • creeping
  • cripple
  • creepy
  • creepeth
  • crawlies
  • crip
  • creepiness
  • creepage
  • creepily
  • creepingly
  • supercrip
  • crippler
  • creepest
  • creepo
  • crippledom
  • crippleness
  • crippleware
  • cripply
  • creepmouse
  • creepoid
  • creepmeter
  • crope
  • cripplesome
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