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[1]

  1. awn
  2. hair resembling an awn, a bunch or bundle of wispy hair
  3. bristles, beard hair, whiskers
  4. moustache

Inflection

Declension 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 Norse: grǫn

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*granō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
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