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Where does “kruppaz” come from?

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

kruppaz (Proto-Germanic): a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...

Definitions

  1. a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...

Ancestry of “kruppaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “kruppaz”

  • group
  • crop
  • grouping
  • subgroup
  • intergroup
  • outcrop
  • croup
  • workgroup
  • cropland
  • outgroup
  • groupthink
  • newsgroup
  • sharecropping
  • groupware
  • croupier
  • intragroup
  • cropper
  • groupie
  • croplands
  • haplogroup
  • filegroup
  • playgroup
  • groupwork
  • intercrop
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