grag

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)

1. (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomorania, Eastern Pomorania) grey

Synonyms

• grau
• gries