Where does “grimete” come from?

grimete (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -ete, from Old Norse -óttr, from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz.

grimete (Norwegian Bokmål): having stripes in the face; stripy

Definitions

  1. having stripes in the face; stripy

Ancestry of “grimete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-eteforming adjectives from nouns
2Old Norse-óttrsuffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or...
3Proto-Germanic-uhtaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic -uhtaz →Every word from Old Norse -óttr →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål -ete →