Grund

German (Berlin)

/ɡʁʊnt/

noun
Definitions
  • ground, land (usually in its capacity of being someone’s property)
  • bottom (of a container or a body of water)
  • (figurative) reason; motive

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German grunt inherited from Old High German grunt derived from Proto-Germanic *grunduz derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥mtu-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰr̥mtu-

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