An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Krume

by Friedrich Kluge

Krume, feminine, ‘crumb,’ a Low German loan-word, wanting in Middle High German; compare Low German krûme, Dutch kruim, Anglo-Saxon crûme, English crumb, crum. The root krū̆ appears also in krauen, Old High German chrouwôn, ‘to scratch, operate with the nails.’ Allied to Greek γρῦμέα, ‘rubbish’ (Aryan root grū̆)?.