Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grindil

This Proto-West 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.

According to an almost universally accepted etymology, from *grindi (“fence”) +‎ *-il (diminutive), from Proto-Germanic *grindiz (“fence”). A dissenting opinion by Trubachev argues for an early borrowing from Proto-Slavic.^[1]

*grindil m

1. bolt, bar

• *grindilōn

• Old English: grindel
• Old Saxon: grindil, grendil
  • Middle Low German: grindel, grendel
    • German Low German: Grendel, Grinnel, Grennel
• Old Dutch: grindel
  • Middle Dutch: grindel, grendel
    • Dutch: grendel
      • Afrikaans: grendel
      • → Caribbean Javanese: grèndhèl
      • → Indonesian: gerendel
      • → Javanese: ꦒꦿꦺꦤ꧀ꦝꦺꦭ꧀ (grèndhèl), grendel
      • → Papiamentu: rèndu, grendel, grender
• Old High German: grintil, crintil, grindil, krindil
  • Middle High German: grintel, grindel, grendel
    • German: Grindel

• Guus Kroonen (2013) “*grindi-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190