Where does “grunnettan” come from?

grunnettan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic grunnatjaną, from Proto-Germanic grunnōną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrun- — to shout.

grunnettan (Old English): to grunt

Definitions

  1. to grunt

Ancestry of “grunnettan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*grunnattjanto grunt
2Proto-GermanicgrunnatjanąTo grunt
3Proto-Germanicgrunnōnąto grunt
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrun-to shout

Words derived from “grunnettan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrun-Every word from Proto-Germanic grunnōnąEvery word from Proto-Germanic grunnatjaną