Where does “Krug” come from?
Krug (German) comes from Middle High German kruoc, from Old High German kruog, from Proto-Germanic krogu, from Proto-Germanic *krōguz.
Krug (German): jug; pub; bar
Ancestry of “Krug”, step by step
Krug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle High German kruoc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | kruoc | — |
| 2 | Old High German | kruog | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | krogu | pot, pitcher |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *krōguz | — |
via Middle Low German krôch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | krôch | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kruftaz | a hill; a curve |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “Krug”