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Where does “grindeth” come from?

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

grindeth (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “grindeth”, 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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