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Where does “granu” come from?

granu (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic granō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrān- — edge, end, tip.

granu (Old English): moustache

Definitions

  1. moustache

Ancestry of “granu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgranōawn; hair resembling an awn, a bunch or bundle of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrān-edge, end, tip
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