Krog

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*grewb-“to bend; arch, crook, curve”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kruftaz“a hill; a curve”
3. Middle Low German · derived fromkroch“enclosed piece of pasture”
4. German · derived fromKrug“pub, inn”
5. English todayKrog

* As a Danish and Norwegian surname, from krog (“corner, nook”). * As a Danish, north German and Norwegian surname, from German Krug (“pub, inn”), which is also found in Swedish krog. * Also as a north German surname, from Middle Low German kroch (“enclosed piece of pasture”), from Proto-Germanic *kruftaz (“a hill; a curve”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend; arch, crook, curve”). Likely related to crop. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from krug (“ring, circle”, also "wooded area, forest").

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