Where does “grysly” come from?

grysly (Middle English) comes from Old English grisliċ, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic *-līk.

Ancestry of “grysly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrisliċgrisly, horrible; dreadful, horrid
2Old English-līċsuffix forming {{glossary|adjective}}s meaning...
3Proto-Germanic*-līk—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *-līk →Every word from Old English -līċ →Every word from Old English grisliċ →