Where does “grinden” come from?

grinden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old English grindan, from Proto-Germanic grindaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ- — beam, plank.

Ancestry of “grinden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrindanto destroy by crushing; to grind
2Proto-Germanicgrindanąto grind
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ-beam, plank

Words derived from “grinden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grindaną →Every word from Old English grindan →
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