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Crawl

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means to move slowly with the body close to the ground, using hands and knees
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Stage 1 of 2
krafla
Old Norse · medieval
"to claw, to move slowly"
to claw, to move slowly on hands and knees
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Stage 2 of 2
crawl
English · 1200s
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground"
settled as the standard English word for moving slowly on all fours
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