Where does “cruse” come from?

cruse (English) comes from Middle English crouse, from Old English crūse, from Latvian krusa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

cruse (English): A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or...

Definitions

  1. A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or...

Ancestry of “cruse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcrouse—
2Old Englishcrūsejar, cruse
3Latviankrusahail
4Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
5Old Tupipóhand
6Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
7Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po →