Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/grīs

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 *grīsaz.

Adjective

*grīs

1. grey

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*grīs
Genitive	*grīsas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*grīs	*grīsu	*grīs
Accusative	*grīsanā	*grīsā	*grīs
Genitive	*grīsas	*grīseʀā	*grīsas
Dative	*grīsumē	*grīseʀē	*grīsumē
Instrumental	*grīsu	*grīseʀu	*grīsu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*grīsē	*grīsō	*grīsu
Accusative	*grīsā	*grīsā	*grīsu
Genitive	*grīseʀō	*grīseʀō	*grīseʀō
Dative	*grīsēm, *grīsum	*grīsēm, *grīsum	*grīsēm, *grīsum
Instrumental	*grīsēm, *grīsum	*grīsēm, *grīsum	*grīsēm, *grīsum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: grīs
  • Saterland Frisian: gries
  • West Frisian: griis
• Old Saxon: grīs
  • Middle Low German: grîs
    • German Low German: gries
      • → German: gries
    • Plautdietsch: jriess
• Old Dutch: *grīs
  • Middle Dutch: grise, grijs
    • Dutch: grijs
      • Afrikaans: grys
• Old High German: grīs
  • Middle High German: grīs
    • Central Franconian: greis, jries
    • German: greis
• Gallo-Romance:
  • → Catalan: gris
  • → Ligurian: grîxo
    • →? Corsican: grisgiu
    • →? Italian: grigio
  • → Lombard: gris
  • → Old Occitan: gris
    • Occitan: gris
    • → Galician: gris
    • → Spanish: gris
  • → Old French: gris, grise
    • Middle French: gris
      • French: gris
    • Norman: gris
    • Walloon: gris, grise
    • → Middle English: gris, grys (“gray; gray fur”)
    • → Medieval Latin: grīseus
    • Old French: grisel
      • → Middle English: grisel, griselle, gresel (“gray; gray hair”)
        • English: grizzle
  • → Piedmontese: gris
  • → Venetan: grixo
    • → Greek: γκρίζος (gkrízos)

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