Etymology Explorer › Old Dutch

Where does “grinda” come from?

grinda (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic grindō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ- — beam, plank.

Ancestry of “grinda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrindōgravel; sand; pebbles
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ-beam, plank

Words derived from “grinda”

  • grind
  • grint
  • grinde
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