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grautr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *grautiz, *grautaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-. Related to grjót (coarse stones).[1][2]

Noun

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grautr m (genitive grautar)

  1. porridge
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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: grautur
  • Faroese: greytur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: graut
    • Norwegian Bokmål: graut
  • Swedish: gröt
  • Danish: grød

References

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  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “greutan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 189

Further reading

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