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Where does “rugr” come from?

rugr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European wrugʰyo- — rye.

Ancestry of “rugr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrugizrye
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwrugʰyo-rye
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