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Where does “rug” come from?

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

rug (Norwegian Nynorsk): rye

Definitions

  1. rye

Ancestry of “rug”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúgr—
2Proto-Germanicrugizrye
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye

Words derived from “rug”

  • rugbrød
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- →