Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grindō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (“to crush”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣrin.dɔː/

Noun

*grindō f

gravel; sand; pebbles

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *grindō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*grindō	*grindôz
vocative	*grindō	*grindôz
accusative	*grindǭ	*grindōz
genitive	*grindōz	*grindǫ̂
dative	*grindōi	*grindōmaz
instrumental	*grindō	*grindōmiz

Related terms

*grandą
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *grandilaz
  - Proto-West Germanic: *grandil
    - Old English: *grendel
      - Middle English: grendel (“gravelly stream”)
*grindaną

Descendants

Old English: grinde f
Old Frisian: *grind, *grint
- West Frisian: grint
Old Saxon: *grind
- Middle Low German: grint m
  - German Low German: Grind
Old Dutch: *grinda
- Middle Dutch: grinde, grint f
  - Dutch: grind
Old High German: grint, grient m
- Middle High German: grint
  - German: Grind

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