Where does “*kreupan” come from?

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

*kreupan (Proto-West Germanic): to creep, crawl

Definitions

  1. to creep, crawl

Ancestry of “*kreupan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickreupanąto twist, to creep
2Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “*kreupan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kreupaną →