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German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German graw, from Old Saxon grao, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare German Low German grau, Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁wos (“grey”), from *gʰreh₁- (“to glow, shine”). Compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѣти (zĭrěti, “to see, glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to see”), Lithuanian žėrúoti (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣɾɒːx/, /ɣɾɔːx/ (North and West)
- IPA(key): /ʝɾɔːx/, /ʝɾɒːx/ (South and East)
- IPA(key): /ɡɾɒːx/, /ɡɾɔːx/ (emerging in the 19th century, initially confined to urban speech)
Adjective
grag (comparative grager, superlative gragst)
- (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian, Eastern Pomeranian) grey
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