Rug
/rʌɡ/noun
A piece of thick fabric used as a floor covering or throw.
Did you know?The English word rug is first recorded in the 16th century and likely came from Scandinavian or Low German words for a coarse, shaggy covering, not from any mystical source.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*rugg-
“rough, shaggy, tufted”
Old Norse
ON
ruggr
“coarse, shaggy hair or a rough tuft”
Middle Low German
MLG
rugge
“rough, shaggy covering”
16th Century
English
rugge
“a coarse, rough cloth or covering”
Modern English
English
rug
“a floor covering or small carpet”