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Where does “graie” come from?

graie (Norman) comes from Old Norse greiða, from Proto-Germanic garaidijaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

graie (Norman): harness; tackle; to arrange, prepare; to do

Definitions

  1. harness; tackle; to arrange, prepare; to do

Ancestry of “graie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegreiðato unravel, disentangle, arrange; to comb or...
2Proto-Germanicgaraidijanąto arrange, set in order
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “graie”

  • r'graie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →