Word Origin Summary

Kruuva is attested in Meänkieli. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. GrubeGermanderived from
2. grūbeMiddle High Germaninherited from
3. *ghrebh-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
4. gruobaOld High Germaninherited from
5. *grōbōProto-West Germanicderived from
6. *gʰrebʰ-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
7. gruvaSwedishderived from

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