Meaning & origin
What it means
As a Danish and Norwegian surname, Krog goes back to German Krug, meaning “pub, inn.”
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Where it comes from
Krog has more than one origin: as a Danish and Norwegian surname, it comes from German Krug; as a Serbo-Croatian surname, it goes back to a word meaning “ring, circle”.
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How it developed
From German Krug (“pub, inn”), 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”).
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Krog’s family of names
In German usage, Krog as a surname has a related form in Krüger.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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