krybe
Danish
/kryːbə/, [ˈkʰʁ̥yːʊ]
verb
Definitions
- to crawl, creep to move slowly or carefully
- to grovel, cringe to be humble or fearful in the face of somebody
- to climb to get up and down on a ladder on a scale
- to shrink to get smaller
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse krjúpa (creep) derived 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
- Eurocreep English
- becreep English
- creep English
- creepage English
- creepazoid English
- creepdar English
- creeper English
- creepest English
- creepeth English
- creepfest English
- creephole English
- creepify English
- creeping English
- creepmeter English
- creepmouse English
- creepo English
- creepoid English
- creepshot English
- creepsome English
- creeptacular English
- creeptastic English
- creepware English
- creepy English
- cripple English
- increep English
- outcreep English
- undercreep English
- bekruipen Dutch, Flemish
- kruipbrem Dutch, Flemish
- kruipdier Dutch, Flemish
- kruipen Dutch, Flemish
- *ger- Proto-Indo-European
- *gerb- Proto-Indo-European
- greinkryper Norwegian Bokmål
- krypdyr Norwegian Bokmål
- krype Norwegian Bokmål
- *kreupandz Proto-Germanic
- *kreupaną Proto-Germanic
- krypa Swedish
- slamkrypare Swedish
- trädkrypare Swedish
- krypa Norwegian Nynorsk
- creopan Old English
- crēopan Old English
- crepen Middle English
- krjúpa Old Norse
- kryb Danish
- krjúpa Icelandic
- crupen Middle Dutch
- *krūfan Old High German
- kruip Afrikaans
- crùb Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- krúpa Faroese
- *crūpan Old Dutch
- kriopan Old Saxon
- krypa Old Swedish
- krypa, krȳpa Old Swedish