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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*grunnattjan—
2Proto-GermanicgrunnatjanąTo grunt
3Proto-Germanicgrunnōnąto grunt
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrun-to shout

Words derived from “grunnettan”

  • grunt
  • disgruntled
  • grunting
  • disgruntlement
  • grunter
  • grunty
  • gruntle
  • disgruntledly
  • gruntingly
  • gruntling
  • gruntlike
  • gruntspeak
  • grunt work
  • undisgruntled
  • gruntometer
  • regruntle
  • begruntle
  • grunten
  • gruntyng
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