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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

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.

Noun

*grindil m

1. bolt, bar

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*grindil
Genitive	*grindilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*grindil	*grindilō, *grindilōs
Accusative	*grindil	*grindilā
Genitive	*grindilas	*grindilō
Dative	*grindilē	*grindilum
Instrumental	*grindilu	*grindilum

Derived terms

• *grindilōn

Descendants

• 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
      • → Papiamentu: rèndu, grendel, grender
• Old High German: grintil, crintil, grindil, krindil
  • Middle High German: grintel, grindel, grendel
    • German: Grindel

Further reading

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