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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-, *gʰer- (“to rub, grind, remove”). Cognate with Lithuanian grūsti (“to crush, tamp”), Russian гру́да (grúda, “pile, heap”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*greutaną[1][2]
- to grind, crush
Inflection
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*greutan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒreutanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142