grin

All forms (10)

• grīn
• grin
• grīna
• grīne
• grinu
• grines
• grina
• grine
• grīnum
• grinum

Etymology

Origin obscure. Probably from earlier *gren(e); partly from Proto-West Germanic *granī̆ n, a metathetic alteration of Proto-West Germanic *garnī (“intestine”), derived from Proto-Germanic *garnō (“intestine, guts”); and partly from a metathesis of Proto-West Germanic *garni f, from Proto-Germanic *garniz, a byform of *garnō. Animal intestines were often cured and dried to create durable cords which could be used in making snares: compare Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “gut", also "string made of gut”).

Descendants

grane, grin

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