Where does “grind” come from?

grind (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch grint, from Old Dutch grinda, from Proto-Germanic grindō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ- — beam, plank.

grind (Dutch): The materials gravel, shingle or pebbles; The...

Definitions

  1. The materials gravel, shingle or pebbles; The...

Ancestry of “grind”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgrint
2Old Dutchgrinda
3Proto-Germanicgrindōgravel; sand; pebbles
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ-beam, plank

Words derived from “grind

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ-