Where does “Kruste” come from?

Kruste (German) comes from Old High German krusta, from Latin crusta, from Proto-Italic *krustos, from Proto-Indo-European krustós, from Proto-Indo-European krews- — to form a crust, begin to freeze.

Kruste (German): crust; scab on a wound

Definitions

  1. crust; scab on a wound

Ancestry of “Kruste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankrusta—
2LatincrustaThe hard surface of a body; rind, shell, crust,...
3Proto-Italic*krustos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrustóshardened
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrews-to form a crust, begin to freeze

Words derived from “Kruste”

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