Where does “grenbingel” come from?
grenbingel (Swedish) comes from Swedish gren, from Old Norse grein, from Proto-Germanic grainō.
grenbingel (Swedish): annual mercury
Definitions
- annual mercury
Ancestry of “grenbingel”, step by step
grenbingel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish gren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | gren | branch; event; sub-event within a sport |
| 2 | Old Norse | grein | branch; point, head, part; cause, reason |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grainō | — |
via Swedish bingel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bingel | mercury spurge of the genus |
| 2 | Danish | bingel | — |
| 3 | German | Bingelkraut | mercury (Mercurialis gen. et spp.) |