kreup-

    kreup-

    English meaning: scab

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schorf, sich verkrusten”

    Material: Gaul. cruppellarii “ armoured gladiators of the Aedui [Celtic tribe] “, Brit. Mons Graupius (leg. *Croupios), because of IE p veneto-Illyr. origin (Pokorny UrIllyr. 131); O.Ice. hrjūfr “rough, scabbed “, hrȳfe ‘scurf, scab”, hrūfa “ sore bark “, O.E. hrēof “rough, schorfig, aussätzig”, O.H.G. riob “aussätzig”, hriupī ‘scabies”, (h)ruf, pl. hruvi, M.H.G. ruf “blister, bubble, scurf, scab, crust, eschar, leprosy “, Ger. bO.Ir. ruff f. “crust auf rasch getrocknetem Erdreich”, rũfe, riefe “ leprosy, scurf, scab”, O.H.G. ge-rob, Ger. grob; maybe Alb. rrufe “(burning) lightning” Lith. su-si-kraũpti “ shudder together “, nu-krùpęs “ scaly, scabby “, kraupùs “rough”, Ltv. kŕaũpa “ crust, scab, eschar, wart “, kŕaũpis “ crust, scab, eschar; toad “ (from the warty skin; O.Pruss. crupeyle “frog”), kŕū̀pu, kŕupu, kŕupt ‘shrunk”, krupis “ toad, dwarf “; of the ruptured skin (becoming rough) (“ goose bumps “) also Lith. pakraũpti, kruptis ‘shudder, frighten”. Against it Russ. krúpnyj “ coarsely granulated; big, large”, Cz. krupū “ clumsy, rough “ at first to O.Bulg. krupa “ gobbet, tiny bits “, etc. [in addition changing through ablaut Alb. krip(ë), krũp f. ‘salt” (*krūpü )]; this family probably lit. “the ruptured “ or likewise to kreu-3, krou-s- “break, rupture, bump, poke”, see there.

    References: WP. I 481 f., Trautmann 143.