Where does “grind” come from?

Grind comes from Old English, from Old Norse grind, from Proto-Germanic grindaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ-, meaning to crush or pulverize by friction.

grind (English): To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with...

Definitions

  1. To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with...

Ancestry of “grind”, step by step

grind traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Faroese grind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FaroesegrindA framework; A grille; A school of grindahvalur
2Old Norsegrinda gate made of spars or bars; haven, dock;...
3Proto-Germanicgrindizfence
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ‑bar, beam

via Middle English grynden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgryndento grind
2Old Englishgrindanto destroy by crushing; to grind
3Proto-Germanicgrindanąto grind
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ-beam, plank

Words derived from “grind”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ‑ →