kraus

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Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gruus

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German krūs (“frizzy”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), of unknown origin; possibly from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”). Related to English curl and Dutch krullen (“to curl”).

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