Where does “Krol” come from?

Krol (English) comes from Polish Król, from Old Polish krol, from Proto-Slavic *kõrľь, from Old High German karl, from Proto-Germanic karilaz, from Proto-Germanic karaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Krol (English): A type of oatmeal scone

Definitions

  1. A type of oatmeal scone

Ancestry of “Krol”, step by step

Krol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Król

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishKrólking
2Old Polishkrolking
3Proto-Slavic*kõrľьking
4Old High Germankarlman
5Proto-Germanickarilazfree man, franklin; little man, young man
6Proto-Germanickaraz
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Dutch Kroll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchKroll
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂-