kruka
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en kruka (blomkruka (“flowerpot”))
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
kruka m animal
Swedish
Etymology
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
Noun
kruka c
- a pot (container, often made of clay, for example for growing a plant in (blomkruka))
- (colloquial) a coward
Usage notes
Declension
| Declension of kruka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kruka | krukan | krukor | krukorna |
| Genitive | krukas | krukans | krukors | krukornas |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: ruukku
See also
- vas (“vase”)
References
- kruka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kruka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kruka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “crock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “kruka”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page crog