Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/granō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂-, with shortening due to Dybo's law, likely related to Proto-Slavic *grana (Serbo-Croatian grana (“branch”)). Possibly also related to Middle Irish grend (“beard, bristles”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɑ.nɔː/

Noun

*granō f

awn
hair resembling an awn, a bunch or bundle of wispy hair
bristles, beard hair, whiskers
moustache

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *granō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*granō	*granôz
vocative	*granō	*granôz
accusative	*granǭ	*granōz
genitive	*granōz	*granǫ̂
dative	*granōi	*granōmaz
instrumental	*granō	*granōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *granu
- Old English: granu
- Old Frisian: grano
- Old Saxon: grana
  - Middle Low German: grāne, gran
    - German Low German: Granne, Grann
- Old Dutch: *grana
  - Middle Dutch: grāne
    - Dutch: graan
  - → Late Latin: grāna
    - Old French: graine
      - Middle French: grenon, guernon, gernon, grignon
    - Occitan: grenó, guernó, grignó
- Old High German: grana, crana
  - Middle High German: grane, gran
    - German: Granne
Old Norse: grǫn
- Icelandic: grön
- Faroese: gron, grann
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gran, gron; (dialectal) grøn
- Elfdalian: grån
- Old Swedish: gran, græn
  - Swedish: gran c or f
- Danish: gran c
  - Norwegian Bokmål: gran m or f
- ⇒ Old Norse: greni
  - Icelandic: greni
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: grene
Gothic: *𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌰 (*grana)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “grano”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 186-87

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “grano”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 186-87