grej

Swedish

/ɡrɛj/

noun

Definitions

(colloquial) thing; thingy; object

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse greiða (arrange, fit out, comb, make ready, disentangle, prepare).

Origin

Old Norse

greiða

Gloss

arrange, fit out, comb, make ready, disentangle, prepare

Concept

Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

gréer French
*garaidijaną Proto-Germanic
greja Swedish
greia Norwegian Nynorsk
graithen Middle English
greiða Old Norse
greiða Icelandic
greiða Faroese
greid Westrobothnian
greie Norwegian

greja