Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gruti

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*gruttju f

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *grutją; related to *greut, *graut.

Noun

*gruti n

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

Descendants

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

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