Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc. · The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl). · A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick. · A very slow pace.
From Middle English crawlen, crewlen, creulen, crallen, *cravelen, from Old Norse krafla (compare Danish kravle (“to crawl, creep”), Swedish kravla, kräla (“to creep, crawl”)), from Proto-Germanic *krablōną (compare Saterland Frisian krabbelje, Dutch krabbelen, German Low German krabbeln, German krabbeln), frequentative of *krabbōną (“to scratch, scrape”). Compare also Saterland Frisian krauelje (“to crawl, scuttle”), West Frisian kreauwelje (“to crawl”), Dutch krevelen, krieuwelen (“to crawl”), German Low German kribbeln, German kribbeln (“to creep, crawl, tingle”). Piecewise doublet of crabble, etymologically equivalent to crab + -le.
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- Root classification mention*gerbʰ-ine-pro
- Derivation mentioncrawlenenm
- Derivation mentionkraflanon
- Cognate mentionkravleda · to crawl, creep
- Cognate mentionkravlasv
- Derivation mention*krabblōnągem-pro
- Cognate mentionkrabbeljestq
- Cognate mentionkrabbelennl
- Cognate mentionkrabbelnde
- Cognate mentionkraueljestq · to crawl, scuttle
- Cognate mentionkreauweljefy · to crawl
- Cognate mentionkrevelennl
- Cognate mentionkribbelnde · to creep, crawl, tingle
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