Where does “grupus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “grupus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickruppaza body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangrewb-to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “grupus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European grewb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kruppaz →