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Where does “grunting” come from?

Grunting derives from Middle English gruntyng, composed of Middle English grunt plus the suffix -ing, which comes from Old English -ing and -ung, ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ungō and the Proto-Indo-European root gʰrun-.

grunting (English): present participle of grunt; A sound that grunts

Definitions

  1. present participle of grunt; A sound that grunts

Ancestry of “grunting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgruntynge—
2Middle EnglishgruntenTo grunt or groan as or like an animal; to make...
3Old Englishgrunnettanto grunt
4Proto-West Germanic*grunnattjan—
5Proto-GermanicgrunnatjanąTo grunt
6Proto-Germanicgrunnōnąto grunt
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrun-to shout

Words derived from “grunting”

  • gruntingly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrun- →