écrevisse
French
noun
Definitions
- crayfish, crawfish
Etymology
Inherited from Old French crevice (crayfish) derived from Frankish *krebtija, *krabitjō (crayfish), *krebit, *krabit (crab, crayfish) derived from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz (cancer, crab) derived from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*grebʰ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crawfish English
- cancer Latin
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *grebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *krabitaz Proto-Germanic
- *kribjǭ Proto-Germanic
- crevis Middle English
- crevice Old French
- crevet Middle Dutch
- crebiz Old High German
- krebiz Old High German
- crevette Norman
- *krabit gmw-pro
- *krevit Old Dutch
- kreft Middle Low German
- krevit Old Saxon
- *krebit, *krabit Frankish
- *krebitja, *krabitjō Frankish
- *krebtija, *krabitjō Frankish