Where does “grindei” come from?
grindei (Romanian) comes from Romanian grindă, from Proto-Slavic gręda, from Polish Grad, from Proto-Slavic gradъ, from Proto-Indo-European greh₃d-.
grindei (Romanian): beam, shaft; axle
Ancestry of “grindei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | grindă | beam; rafter; girder |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | gręda | garden bed; beam |
| 3 | Polish | Grad | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | gradъ | hail |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | greh₃d- | — |