myEtymology.com: Dutch etymology of kruis

Etymology of the Dutch word kruis

the Dutch word kruis

derived from the Middle Dutch word cruce

derived from the Late Latin word crux (cross; cross; hanging tree; impaling stake)

Catalan crusar, Dutch kruisen, English cruise, English cross, French croiser, French croix, German Kreuz, Icelandic kross, Icelandic krysse, Italian croce, Italian crociare, Latin cruces, Lithuanian kryžius, Norwegian kors, Norwegian krysse, Portuguese cruzar, Provençal crozar, Spanish cruz, Spanish cruzar, Swedish kors, Swedish korsa, Swedish kryssa, Swedish kreuzer, Yiddish krajts