Where does “gréer” come from?
gréer (French) comes 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.
gréer (French): to rig
Definitions
- to rig
Ancestry of “gréer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | greiða | to unravel, disentangle, arrange; to comb or... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | garaidijaną | to arrange, set in order |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |