Where does “Schwienskrut” come from?

Schwienskrut (Plautdietsch) comes from Proto-Indo-European krū̆t- — protuberance, breast, belly.

Schwienskrut (Plautdietsch): pigweed

Definitions

  1. pigweed

Ancestry of “Schwienskrut”, step by step

Schwienskrut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European krū̆t-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankrū̆t-protuberance, breast, belly

via Plautdietsch Schwien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSchwienpig, hog, swine
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