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Where does “gréas” come from?

gréas (French) comes from French gréer, from Old Norse greiða, from Proto-Germanic garaidijaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

gréas (French): second-person singular past historic of gréer

Definitions

  1. second-person singular past historic of gréer

Ancestry of “gréas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgréerto rig
2Old Norsegreiðato unravel, disentangle, arrange; to comb or...
3Proto-Germanicgaraidijanąto arrange, set in order
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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