Where does “grindan” come from?

grindan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic grindaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ- — beam, plank.

grindan (Old English): to destroy by crushing; to grind

Definitions

  1. to destroy by crushing; to grind

Ancestry of “grindan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrindanąto grind
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrendʰ-beam, plank

Words derived from “grindan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grindaną →