Where does “krepan” come from?
krepan (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian krèpati, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepāre, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
krepan (Serbo-Croatian): dead; exhausted
Ancestry of “krepan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | krèpati | — |
| 2 | Italian | crepare | to crack; to no longer be able to contain or... |
| 3 | Latin | crepāre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |