Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/granō

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂-, with shortening due to Dybo's law, likely related to Proto-Slavic *grana (Serbo-Croatian grana (“branch”)). Possibly also related to Middle Irish grend (“beard, bristles”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*granō f

  1. awn
  2. hair resembling an awn, a bunch or bundle of wispy hair
  3. bristles, beard hair, whiskers
  4. moustache

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *granō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *granō *granôz
vocative *granō *granôz
accusative *granǭ *granōz
genitive *granōz *granǫ̂
dative *granōi *granōmaz
instrumental *granō *granōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “grano”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 186-87
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