Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/greutą

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-. Compare Lithuanian grúodas (“frost; frozen street dirt”) and Serbo-Croatian grȕda (“lump”).

Noun

*greutą n

1. grit

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *greutą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*greutą	*greutō
vocative	*greutą	*greutō
accusative	*greutą	*greutō
genitive	*greutas, *griutis	*greutǫ̂
dative	*griutai	*greutamaz
instrumental	*greutō	*greutamiz

Descendants

• Old English: grēot
  • Middle English: griet, grete
    • English: grit
      • → Dutch: grit
• Old Saxon: griot
• Old Dutch: *griot
  • Middle Dutch: griet
    • Dutch: griet (“brill”) (possibly, if the name derives from the typical habitat of brills)
• Old High German: grioz
  • Middle High German: griez
    • Bavarian: Griaß
    • German: Grieß
      • → Dutch: gries, griesmeel
      • → Polish: grys
• Old Norse: grjót n
  • Icelandic: grjót
  • Faroese: grjót
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grjot
  • Old Bothnian: *griūt n, *griūta f
  • Old Swedish: grȳt
    • Swedish: gryt; (dialectal) gryte
• → Proto-Finnic: *riutta (see there for further descendants)