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Where does “grain'nie” come from?

grain'nie (Norman) comes from Norman grainne, from Old French grain, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

grain'nie (Norman): granary

Definitions

  1. granary

Ancestry of “grain'nie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Normangrainneseed
2Old Frenchgraingrain
3Latingrānum—
4Proto-Italicgrānom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
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