Where does “grind” come from?

grind (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse grind, from Proto-Germanic grindiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ‑ — bar, beam.

grind (Norwegian Bokmål): A hinged gate across a road or path where it is...

Definitions

  1. A hinged gate across a road or path where it is...

Ancestry of “grind”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegrinda gate made of spars or bars; haven, dock;...
2Proto-Germanicgrindizfence
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ‑bar, beam

Words derived from “grind”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ‑ →Every word from Proto-Germanic grindiz →Every word from Old Norse grind →