Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gruʀi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gruziz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrus-í-s, from *gʰrews-.[1] Cognate with Proto-Slavic *grustь (“sadness”).

Noun

*gruʀi

  1. fright, terror

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *gruʀi
Genitive *gruʀī
Singular Plural
Nominative *gruʀi *gruʀī
Accusative *gruʀi *gruʀī
Genitive *gruʀī *gruʀjō
Dative *gruʀī *gruʀim, *gruʀjum
Instrumental *gruʀī *gruʀim, *gruʀjum

Descendants

  • Old English: gryre
    • Middle English: grure
  • Old Saxon: gruri

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gnuznōjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184
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