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Where does “cryogrind” come from?

cryogrind (English) comes from English grind, from Faroese grind, from Old Norse grind, from Proto-Germanic grindiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ‑ — bar, beam.

cryogrind (English): To freeze organic materials to the point of...

Definitions

  1. To freeze organic materials to the point of...

Ancestry of “cryogrind”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgrindTo reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with...
2FaroesegrindA framework; A grille; A school of grindahvalur
3Old Norsegrinda gate made of spars or bars; haven, dock;...
4Proto-Germanicgrindizfence
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ‑bar, beam
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