Where does “groffie” come from?

groffie (Dutch) comes from Dutch ie, from Middle Dutch hi, from Old Dutch hīe, from Old Dutch hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

groffie (Dutch): a large, unpickled gherkin

Definitions

  1. a large, unpickled gherkin

Ancestry of “groffie”, step by step

groffie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchie"Third-person singular, masculine, subjective,...
2Middle Dutchhihe
3Old Dutchhīehe
4Old Dutchhē—
5Proto-Germanic*hiʀ—
6Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

via Dutch grof

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgrofrough, coarse; rude; extreme, gross, grave
2Middle Dutchgrofthick; large, great; course, rough
3Old Dutchgrof—
4Proto-West Germanic*grob—
5Proto-Germanicgrubazcoarse, rough
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrewbʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hiʀ →Every word from Old Dutch hē →