Where does “grīnan” come from?

grīnan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *grīnan.

grīnan (Old Saxon): to snarl, to grin

Definitions

  1. to snarl, to grin

Ancestry of “grīnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*grīnan

Words derived from “grīnan

Every word from Proto-Germanic *grīnan
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