Where does “grej” come from?
grej (Swedish) comes from Swedish greja, from Norwegian greie, from Old Norse greiða, from Proto-Germanic garaidijaną, from Proto-Indo-European rēydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
grej (Swedish): thing; thingy; object
Ancestry of “grej”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | greja | — |
| 2 | Norwegian | greie | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | greiða | to unravel, disentangle, arrange; to comb or... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | garaidijaną | to arrange, set in order |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |