Where does “crocc” come from?

crocc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic krukkō, from Proto-Indo-European grewg-, from Indo-European *ger-.

crocc (Old English): crock, pitcher, waterpot, flagon, a little jug or lentil-shaped vessel

Definitions

  1. crock, pitcher, waterpot, flagon, a little jug or lentil-shaped vessel

Ancestry of “crocc”, step by step

crocc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic krukkō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickrukkō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangrewg-wrinkle, bend; bend, wrinkle
3Indo-European*ger-—

via Proto-West Germanic *krog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*krogpitcher, cruse

Words derived from “crocc”

Every word from Indo-European *ger- →