Where does “grôte” come from?

grôte (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch grôot, 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.

grôte (Middle Dutch): size

Definitions

  1. size

Ancestry of “grôte”, step by step

grôte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch grôot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgrôotbig, large
2Old Dutchgrōtbig, large
3Proto-West Germanicgraut—
4Proto-Germanicgrautazcoarse, crude; big, large
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Proto-Germanic grautį̄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrautį̄greatness; largeness; size
2Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
3Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
4Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “grôte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grautaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graut →
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