Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/granō

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.

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɑ.nɔː/

*granō f

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

• *grannaz (“thin, sharp”)

• Proto-West Germanic: *granu
  • Old English: granu
  • Old Frisian: grano
  • Old Saxon: grana
    • Middle Low German: grāne, gran
      • German Low German: Granne, Grann
  • Old Dutch: *grana
    • Middle Dutch: grāne
      • Dutch: graan
    • → Late Latin: grāna
      • Old French: graine
        • Middle French: grenon, guernon, gernon, grignon
      • Occitan: grenó, guernó, grignó
  • Old High German: grana, crana
    • Middle High German: grane, gran
      • German: Granne
• Old Norse: grǫn
  • Icelandic: grön
  • Faroese: gron, grann
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gran, gron; (dialectal) grøn
  • Elfdalian: grån
  • Old Swedish: gran, græn
    • Swedish: gran c or f
  • Danish: gran c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gran m or f
  • ⇒ Old Norse: greni
    • Icelandic: greni
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: grene