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
- to unravel, disentangle, arrange; to comb or...
Ancestry of “greiða”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | garaidijaną | to arrange, set in order |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
Words derived from “greiða”