Where does “grug” come from?

grug (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh gwrug, from Proto-Brythonic gwrʉg, from Proto-Celtic wroikos — heather.

grug (Welsh): heather

Definitions

  1. heather

Ancestry of “grug”, step by step

grug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Welsh gwrug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Welshgwrug—
2Proto-Brythonicgwrʉgheather
3Proto-Celticwroikosheather

via Cornish grig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishgrig—

Words derived from “grug”

Every word from Proto-Celtic wroikos →