Where does “grîs” come from?

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

Ancestry of “grîs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongrīs—
2Proto-West Germanic*grīsgrey
3Proto-Germanicgrīsazgrey; terrible; frightening

Words derived from “grîs”

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