Where does “grǫn” come from?

grǫn (Old Norse) comes from Latin grānum, from Proto-Italic grānom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

grǫn (Old Norse): spruce, pine tree; mustache, lip

Definitions

  1. spruce, pine tree; mustache, lip

Ancestry of “grǫn”, step by step

grǫn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin grānum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
2Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Proto-Germanic granō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgranōawn; hair resembling an awn, a bunch or bundle of...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrān-edge, end, tip

Words derived from “grǫn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →