French craindre

← Breton kridien (mention)

← Proto-Celtic *krit- (mention)

← Old French criembre (inherited)

← Old French criendre (mention)

← Old French creindre (mention)

← Scottish Gaelic crith (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *trem- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *krey- (derived)

← Latin tremere (inherited)

← Latin tremō (mention)

← Latin *cremere (mention)

← Occitan crénher (mention)

→ French trembler (mention)

→ Occitan crénher (cognate)