kruka

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkru.ka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: kru‧ka

Noun

kruka m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kruk

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrʉːˌka/

Noun

kruka c

  1. a pot (clay vessel, especially one for flowers)
  2. (colloquial) a coward

Declension
Declension of kruka 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kruka krukan krukor krukorna
Genitive krukas krukans krukors krukornas

Descendants
  • → Finnish: ruukku

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “crock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “kruka”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page crog

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