Words that come from Proto-Indo-European grenǵʰ-

37 words across 7 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European grenǵʰ- — including cringe, cringing, crinkly, crinkle, cringingly, cringeworthy, cringer, crinkliness.

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English (20)

Old English (7)

Middle English (4)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)