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Where does “hrindan” come from?

hrindan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hrindan, from Proto-Germanic hrindaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱret-.

hrindan (Old English): to push, thrust

Definitions

  1. to push, thrust

Ancestry of “hrindan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichrindan—
2Proto-Germanichrindanąto push, thrust
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱret-—

Words derived from “hrindan”

  • rynd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱret- →