Where does “protogrunge” come from?
protogrunge (English) comes from English grunge, from English grungy, from English dingy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
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- Collectively, the music that influenced the later...
Ancestry of “protogrunge”, step by step
protogrunge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grunge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grunge | Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to... |
| 2 | English | grungy | Dirty; shabby; in disrepair; Of or relating to... |
| 3 | English | dingy | drab; shabby; dirty; squalid; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English proto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | proto | Prototypical; preceding the proper beginning of... |
| 2 | English | proto- | first; most recent common ancestor of; Relating... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρωτο- | first, primary |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πρῶτος | first; earliest; foremost, most prominent |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρό | before; before, in front, forth, forward; before,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |