Old English crabba

← Proto-Germanic *krabbô (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *krabbō (inherited)

→ English crayfish (cognate)

→ English crab (inherited)

→ Danish krabbe (derived)

→ Middle English crab (inherited)

→ Middle English crabbe (inherited)

→ French crabe (cognate)

→ Old French crevice (cognate)