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Where does “grein” come from?

grein (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse grein, from Proto-Germanic grainō.

grein (Icelandic): branch; article, piece; subject, field

Definitions

  1. branch; article, piece; subject, field

Ancestry of “grein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegreinbranch; point, head, part; cause, reason
2Proto-Germanicgrainō—

Words derived from “grein”

  • málsgrein
  • fræðigrein
Every word from Proto-Germanic grainō →