Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. · To shape with the force of friction. · To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface. · To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction. · Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground. · A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans. · A tedious and laborious task.
From Middle English grynden, from Old English grindan (“to grind”), from Proto-West Germanic *grindan, from Proto-Germanic *grindaną (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian gríende, griene (“to grind, mill”), West Frisian grintsje (“to crush, punish”), Dutch grinden (“to grind”, rare) and grind (“gravel, shingle”), Albanian grind (“to brawl, fight”).
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- Inherited-form mentiongryndenenm
- Inherited-form mentiongrindanang · to grind
- Inherited-form mention*grindangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*grindanągem-pro · to crush, grind
- Cognate mentiongríendestq
- Cognate mentiongrintsjefy · to crush, punish
- Cognate mentiongrindennl · to grind
- Cognate mentiongrindsq · to brawl, fight
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