Where does “krabba” come from?

krabba (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish krabba, 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...

krabba (Swedish): a crab

Definitions

  1. a crab

Ancestry of “krabba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishkrabba
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...

Words derived from “krabba

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-