Where does “grinding” come from?

Grinding comes from English grind, from Faroese grind, from Old Norse grind, from Proto-Germanic grindaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ-.

grinding (English): present participle of grind; The action of...

Definitions

  1. present participle of grind; The action of...

Ancestry of “grinding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgryndyngegrinding
2Middle Englishgryndento grind
3Old Englishgrindanto destroy by crushing; to grind
4Proto-Germanicgrindanąto grind
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ-beam, plank

Words derived from “grinding”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grindaną →Every word from Old English grindan →