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
Ancestry of “grijs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | grīs | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *grīs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grīsaz | grey; terrible; frightening |
Words derived from “grijs”