Where does “קריכן” come from?

קריכן (Yiddish) comes from German kriechen, from Old High German kriochan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreukan, from Proto-Germanic kreukaną — to fold, wrinkle; to stoop, crawl.

קריכן (Yiddish): to crawl, creep

Definitions

  1. to crawl, creep

Ancestry of “קריכן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankriechento creep; to crawl
2Old High Germankriochan—
3Proto-West Germanic*kreukan—
4Proto-Germanickreukanąto fold, wrinkle; to stoop, crawl

Words derived from “קריכן”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kreukaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kreukan →Every word from Old High German kriochan →