Where does “hrīnan” come from?

hrīnan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hrīnan, from Proto-Germanic hrīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

hrīnan (Old English): to touch, reach, strike

Definitions

  1. to touch, reach, strike

Ancestry of “hrīnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichrīnanto brush against, to graze
2Proto-Germanichrīnanąto touch, brush (against), make contact (with), graze
3Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “hrīnan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrīnaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrīnan →