Where does “grint” come from?

grint (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch grinda, from Proto-Germanic grindō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ- — beam, plank.

Ancestry of “grint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgrinda
2Proto-Germanicgrindōgravel; sand; pebbles
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ-beam, plank

Words derived from “grint

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ-