Where does “grôot” come from?
grôot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch grōt, from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Ancestry of “grôot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | grōt | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
Words derived from “grôot”