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krus

Pronunciation: /kruːs/

“krus” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. mug, tankard
  2. frizzle

Etymology

From late Old Norse krús, maybe from Middle Low German krūs, krōs, of uncertain ultimate origin, but Pokorny proposes an ultimate derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”), similar to Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“something bent, crooked”), *krukjō (“staff”).

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