Where does “grijs” come from?
grijs (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch grijs, from Old Dutch grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz — grey; terrible; frightening.
grijs (Dutch): grey, grey-colored; old; weathered, tarnished,...
Definitions
- grey, grey-colored; old; weathered, tarnished,...
Ancestry of “grijs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | grijs | grey |
| 2 | Old Dutch | grīs | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *grīs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grīsaz | grey; terrible; frightening |
Words derived from “grijs”