Where does “crab” come from?

crab (Romanian) comes from French crabe, from Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba, from Proto-West Germanic krabbō, from Proto-Germanic krabbô, from Proto-Germanic krabbōną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

crab (Romanian): crab

Definitions

  1. crab

Ancestry of “crab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcrabecrab; cancer
2Old Norsekrabbi—
3Old Englishcrabbacrab; crayfish
4Proto-West Germanickrabbōcrab
5Proto-Germanickrabbôcrab
6Proto-Germanickrabbōnąto scratch, scrape
7Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
8Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krabbōną →