Where does “krus” come from?

krus (Swedish) comes from Latvian krusa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

krus (Swedish): a jar, a pitcher

Definitions

  1. a jar, a pitcher

Ancestry of “krus”, step by step

krus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian krusa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankrusahail
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Old Tupipóhand
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
5Proto-Tupian*pohand

via Old Norse krús

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekrús—
2Middle Low Germankrūsfrizzy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po →