Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/greutą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-. Compare Lithuanian grúodas (“frost; frozen street dirt”) and Serbo-Croatian grȕda (“lump”).

Noun

*greutą n

grit

Inflection

Declension of *greutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*greutą	*greutō
vocative	*greutą	*greutō
accusative	*greutą	*greutō
genitive	greutas, griutis	*greutǫ̂
dative	*greutai	*greutamaz
instrumental	*greutō	*greutamiz

Derived terms

*greutungaz, *griutingaz (member of a Gothic tribe)

Descendants

Old English: grēot
- Middle English: griet, grete
  - English: grit
    - → Dutch: grit
Old Saxon: griot
Old Dutch: *griot
- Middle Dutch: griet
  - Dutch: griet (“brill”) (possibly, if the name derives from the typical habitat of brills)
Old High German: grioz
- Middle High German: griez
  - Bavarian: Griaß
  - German: Grieß
    - → Dutch: gries, griesmeel
    - → Polish: grys^[1]
Old Norse: grjót n
- Icelandic: grjót
- Faroese: grjót
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grjot
- Old Bothnian: *griūt n, *griūta f
- Old Swedish: grȳt
  - Swedish: gryt; (dialectal) gryte
→ Proto-Finnic: *riutta (see there for further descendants)

References

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