Where does “gristle” come from?

Gristle comes from Middle English gristel, from Old English gristel, from Old English grist, from Proto-Germanic gredaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrew-.

gristle (English): Cartilage; cartilage present, as a tough...

Definitions

  1. Cartilage; cartilage present, as a tough...

Ancestry of “gristle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgristel—
2Old Englishgristelcartilage
3Proto-West Germanicgristil—

Words derived from “gristle”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic gristil →Every word from Old English gristel →Every word from Middle English gristel →