Where does “*krūmō” come from?
*krūmō (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic krūmô, from Proto-Indo-European grū-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Ancestry of “*krūmō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | krūmô | fragment; crumb |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | grū-mo- | something scraped together, lumber, junk; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |