Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “kruoc” come from?

kruoc (Middle High German) comes from Old High German kruog, from Proto-Germanic krogu, from Proto-Germanic *krōguz.

Ancestry of “kruoc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankruog—
2Proto-Germanickrogupot, pitcher
3Proto-Germanic*krōguz—

Words derived from “kruoc”

  • Krug
  • Bierkrug
  • kro
  • kro
Every word from Proto-Germanic *krōguz →