Where does “gries” come from?

gries (German) comes from Middle Low German grîs, from Old Saxon grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz — grey; terrible; frightening.

gries (German): grey, greyish

Definitions

  1. grey, greyish

Ancestry of “gries”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangrîs—
2Old Saxongrīs—
3Proto-West Germanic*grīsgrey
4Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening
Every word from Proto-Germanic grīsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grīs →Every word from Old Saxon grīs →