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Where does “grînen” come from?
grînen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon grīnan, from Proto-Germanic *grīnan.
Ancestry of “grînen”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Saxon
grīnan
to snarl, to grin
2
Proto-Germanic
*grīnan
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Words derived from “grînen”
grienen
grienen
grienen
smuustergrienen
grienen
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