cruut

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• cruud

Etymology

From Old Dutch krūd, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd.

Noun

cruut n

1. plant, vegetation, herb (as opposed to a tree)
2. edible plant, vegetable
3. medicinal plant

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: kruid
  • Afrikaans: kruid
  • Negerhollands: kruid
• Limburgish: kroed

Further reading

• “cruut”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cruut”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN