crupen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to crawl, to move close to the ground on hands and feet etc.
- to creep, to move slowly
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *crūpan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (creep, twist, crawl).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kreupaną
Gloss
creep, twist, crawl
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bekruipen Dutch, Flemish
- kruipbrem Dutch, Flemish
- kruipdier Dutch, Flemish
- kruipen Dutch, Flemish
- *ger- Proto-Indo-European
- *gerb- Proto-Indo-European
- *kreupandz Proto-Germanic
- *kreupaną Proto-Germanic
- creopan Old English
- crēopan Old English
- krjúpa Old Norse
- *krūfan Old High German
- kruip Afrikaans
- *crūpan Old Dutch
- kriopan Old Saxon