grunten
Middle English
/ˈɡruntən/
verb
Definitions
- To grunt or groan as or like an animal; to make beastly calls.
- To moan; to make a groaning or moaning sound.
- (rare) To grind teeth together.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English grunnettan (grunt) inherited from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (grunt) affix from Middle English groynen.
Origin
Middle English
groynen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grunt English
- grunter English
- grunting English
- gruntle English
- gruntlike English
- gruntling English
- gruntometer English
- gruntspeak English
- grunty English
- grunten Dutch, Flemish
- *grunnatjaną Proto-Germanic
- *grunnōną Proto-Germanic
- grunnettan Old English
- grunnian Old English
- groyn Middle English
- groynen Middle English
- groynynge Middle English
- gruntyng Middle English
- gurnard Middle English
- *grynta Old Norse
- groignier Old French
- grunzen Old High German