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Where does “grenöp” come from?

grenöp (Volapük) comes from Volapük gren, from English grain, from Middle English grayn, from Old Norse grein, from Proto-Germanic grainō.

grenöp (Volapük): granary, grain barn

Definitions

  1. granary, grain barn

Ancestry of “grenöp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükgrengrain
2EnglishgrainThe harvested seeds of various grass food crops...
3Middle EnglishgraynA forking channel or pass; a fjord or estuary;...
4Old Norsegreinbranch; point, head, part; cause, reason
5Proto-Germanicgrainō—
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