Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gruti

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *grutją, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-

Noun

*gruti n

1. coarse grain, bran, grit

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gruti
Genitive	*gruttjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gruti	*gruttju
Accusative	*gruti	*gruttju
Genitive	*gruttjas	*gruttjō
Dative	*gruttjē	*gruttjum
Instrumental	*gruttju	*gruttjum

Alternative reconstructions

• *gruttju f

Related terms

• *graut
• *greut
• *grot
• *grūti

Descendants

• Old English: grytt; grytta f pl
  • Middle English: *gryt
    • English: grit
    • Scots: grit
• Old Saxon: gruttia f
  • Middle Low German: grütte, görte
    • German Low German: Grütte, Görte, Götte, Gört
      • → English: goetta
• Old Dutch: grutti
  • Middle Dutch: grutte, gurte
    • Dutch: grut, gort
      • → Sranan Tongo: groto
• Old High German: gruzzi
  • Middle High German: Grütze
    • German: Grütze
    • Luxembourgish: Grëtz