Where does “grijs” come from?

grijs (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz — grey; terrible; frightening.

grijs (Middle Dutch): grey

Definitions

  1. grey

Ancestry of “grijs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgrīs—
2Proto-West Germanic*grīsgrey
3Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening

Words derived from “grijs”

Every word from Proto-Germanic grīsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grīs →Every word from Old Dutch grīs →