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Where does “greiða” come from?

greiða (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic garaidijaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

greiða (Old Norse): to unravel, disentangle, arrange; to comb or...

Definitions

  1. to unravel, disentangle, arrange; to comb or...

Ancestry of “greiða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgaraidijanąto arrange, set in order
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

Words derived from “greiða”

  • graith
  • dégréement
  • dégréer
  • gréer
  • gréas
  • grej
  • greia
  • greje
  • graiden
  • grathen
  • graithen
  • forgreithing
  • forgreithen
  • greithen
  • greiðslukort
  • greiða
  • græja
  • endurgreiða
  • greiðsla
  • hárgreiðsla
  • greiða
  • greie
  • greida
  • greid
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