gretan

Old English

verb

Definitions

to greet, address

Etymology

Inherited from *grōtijan inherited from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną (address, make cry, greet, scold).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*grōtijaną

Gloss

address, make cry, greet, scold

Concept

Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*grōtijaną Proto-Germanic
grētan Old English
grœta Old Norse
grǿta Old Norse
gruozzen Old High German
*grōtijan gmw-pro
*gruoten Old Dutch
grotian Old Saxon
grōtian Old Saxon

grētan