Where does “croup” come from?
Croup comes from Middle English croupe, from Old French croupe, from Old Norse kroppr, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots related to ger- and ker- meaning to turn or bend.
croup (English): The top of the rump of a horse or other...
Definitions
- The top of the rump of a horse or other...
Ancestry of “croup”, step by step
croup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English croupe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | croupe | The hindquarters or rear, usually of an animal |
| 2 | Old French | croupe | rump, body |
| 3 | Frankish | kruppa | — |
| 4 | Polish | Krupa | groats |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | krupa | grainy substance, groats, hail |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | kraupāˀ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krowp-eh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krewp- | scab, crust; to become encrusted |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krew- | to fall, collapse; scab; to fall, break, bruise |
via Scots croup
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scots | croup | — |
| 2 | Middle English | roupen | — |
| 3 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |