kruka
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kruka m animal
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Middle Low German krûke, from Old Saxon krūka, from Proto-West Germanic *krūkā (“pot, pitcher”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “pitcher, large jar”), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher”), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (“skin”).[1][2]
Compare German Kruke, Danish krukke and Icelandic krukka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kruka c
- a pot (clay vessel, especially one for flowers)
- (colloquial) a coward
Declension edit
| Declension of kruka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kruka | krukan | krukor | krukorna |
| Genitive | krukas | krukans | krukors | krukornas |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: ruukku
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “crock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “kruka”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page crog
Further reading edit
- kruka in Svensk ordbok.