kroes

Japanese: kroes
kroes

…Here, I will only give a few examples that are easy to follow in terms of meaning: British barrel (barrel), gallon (bowl), French amphore (jar), chop and chopine (large and small mugs), German Eimer, Fass, Ohm (barrel), Seidel, Krug, Schoppen (mug), Dutch bottel (bottle), lepel (spoon), kroes (cup).
[Balance (standard of mass)]
The history of measuring mass (or weight; strictly speaking, weight is a type of force and must be clearly distinguished from mass) is said to date back to several centuries before the 10th century, but the most popular historical source is probably the diagram of a set of scales found in the ancient Egyptian papyrus, the Book of the Dead.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kroes" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ここでは,語義のたどりやすい例をいくつか示すにとどめる。イギリスのバレルbarrel(たる),ガロンgallon(椀),フランスのアンフォールamphore(かめ),ショプchopとショピーヌchopine(大小のジョッキ),ドイツのアイメルEimer,ファスFass,オームOhm(たる),ザイデルSeidel,クルークKrug,ショッペンSchoppen(ジョッキ),オランダのボッテルbottel(びん),レーペルlepel(さじ),クルースkroes(コップ)。
[衡(質量の基準)]
 質量(ないしは重量,ただし厳密にいえば重量は力の一種であって,質量とは峻別(しゆんべつ)されなければならない)の測定に関する歴史は,前数十世紀の時代にさえさかのぼりうるといわれるが,伝承されている史料のうちでもっともポピュラーなのは,古代エジプトのパピルス〈死者の書〉にしるされたてんびんの図であろう。…

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