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==Etymology==
− It is [[inh|enm|crupel]], later ''cripel'',^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate) [[inh|ang|crypel]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) from Proto-Germanic ''*krupilaz'',^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) related to Old English ''cryppan'' “to crook, bend”^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and to [[creep]].^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) Cognates include Old Frisian ''kreppel'', Middle Dutch ''cropel'', German ''Krüppel'' and Old Norse ''kryppill''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) A parallel Old English form ''crēopel'' corresponds to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch ''krēpel''.^(Hoad 1986) The original meaning may have been “one who can only creep”.^(Cresswell 2021)^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|crupel]], later [[m|enm|cripel]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate) [[inh|ang|crypel]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) from Proto-Germanic [[m|gem-pro|*krupilaz]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) related to Old English [[m|ang|cryppan]] “to crook, bend”^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and to [[creep]].^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) Cognates include Old Frisian [[m|ofs|kreppel]], Middle Dutch [[m|dum|cropel]], German [[m|de|Krüppel]] and Old Norse [[m|non|kryppill]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) A parallel Old English form [[m|ang|crēopel]] corresponds to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch [[m|dum|krēpel]].^(Hoad 1986) The original meaning may have been “one who can only creep”.^(Cresswell 2021)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==