Where does “rug” come from?

rug (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse rúgr, from Proto-Germanic rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- — rye.

rug (Norwegian Bokmål): rye

Definitions

  1. rye

Ancestry of “rug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúgrrye (Secale cereale)
2Proto-Germanicrugizrye
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rugiz →Every word from Old Norse rúgr →