grindan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to destroy by crushing
- to grind
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (grind) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (crushing, crush).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰrendʰ-
Gloss
crushing, crush
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grind English
- χόνδρος Ancient Greek
- *gʰrendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰrondʰ-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰr̥ndʰ-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *grindaną Proto-Germanic
- *grindiz Proto-Germanic
- *grindą Proto-Germanic
- grindere Old English
- grinden Middle English
- grinder Middle English
- *gręda Proto-Slavic
- *grędà Proto-Slavic
- grij Albanian
- grind Albanian
- *grindan Old Dutch
- *grinja Proto-Albanian