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Where does “gristel” come from?

gristel (Middle English) comes from Old English gristel, from Proto-West Germanic gristil.

Ancestry of “gristel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgristelcartilage
2Proto-West Germanicgristil—

Words derived from “gristel”

  • gristle
  • gristly
  • gristliness
  • gristlehead
Every word from Proto-West Germanic gristil →