Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grāu

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 *grēwaz.

Adjective

*grāu

1. grey

   Synonym: *grīs

Inflection

wa-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*grāu
Genitive	*grāwas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*grāu	*grāu	*grāu
Accusative	*grāwanā	*grāwā	*grāu
Genitive	*grāwas	*grāweʀā	*grāwas
Dative	*grāumē	*grāweʀē	*grāumē
Instrumental	*grāu	*grāweʀu	*grāu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*grāwē	*grāwō	*grāu
Accusative	*grāwā	*grāwā	*grāu
Genitive	*grāweʀō	*grāweʀō	*grāweʀō
Dative	*grāwēm, *grāum	*grāwēm, *grāum	*grāwēm, *grāum
Instrumental	*grāwēm, *grāum	*grāwēm, *grāum	*grāwēm, *grāum

Derived terms

• *grāwēn

Descendants

• Old English: grǣġ, grēġ — Anglian
  • Middle English: grey
    • English: gray, grey
    • Scots: gray
    • Yola: gry
• Old Frisian: grē
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr, Wiedingharde: grä

    Hallig: grai

    Mooring: gra

• Old Saxon: grāo
  • Middle Low German: grāu
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: grag, grau

        Plautdietsch: greiw

    • → West Frisian: grauw
• Old Dutch: grāo
  • Middle Dutch: grau
    • Dutch: grauw, graauw (obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: grou
      • Jersey Dutch: xrāuje, grô
      • Negerhollands: grou
• Old High German: grāo
  • Middle High German: grā
    • Alemannic German: graaw
    • Bavarian: grau

      Gottscheerish: grūb

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: grau

      Luxembourgish: gro

    • East Central German:

      Vilamovian: graoj

    • East Franconian:
    • German: grau
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Frankfurterisch: IPA [kʀoː], (newer, from about 1925) [kʀau]

      Pennsylvania German: gro

    • Yiddish: גראָ (gro), גרוי (groy)

See also

Colors in Proto-West Germanic · *farwō (layout · text)

*blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas	*falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair	*blak, *swart
*raud	*brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn	*gelu
*grōnī	*grōnī
	*blāu	*blāu
*blāu	*purpurā