Where does “grīs” come from?

grīs (Middle High German) comes from Old High German grīs, from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, from Proto-Germanic grīsaz — grey; terrible; frightening.

Ancestry of “grīs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangrīsgrey
2Proto-West Germanic*grīsgrey
3Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening

Words derived from “grīs”

Every word from Proto-Germanic grīsaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grīs →Every word from Old High German grīs →