noun
Origin: Ger < graupeln, to sleet < graupelein, dim. of graupe, hulled barley, granule of ice < Slav, as in Pol, Serb krupa, kernel of grain, hail < IE *kreup-, scab, fragment (> ON hrufa, scale) < base *kreu-, to break > rue
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noun
Origin:
Origin: German Graupel
Origin: , diminutive of Graupe, hulled grain
Origin: , probably of Slavic origin
Origin: ; akin to Russian krupa, groats
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