grunn
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]grunn n (genitive singular grunns, nominative plural grunn)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]grunn
Further reading
[edit]- “grunn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse grunnr (“bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, foundation”), from Pre-Germanic *gʰrm̥tús, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-.
Adjective
[edit]grunn (neuter singular grunt, definite singular and plural grunne, comparative grunnere, indefinite superlative grunnest, definite superlative grunneste)
- shallow (not deep: water, river etc.)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse grund and grunnr, from Old Norse grunnr (“bottom”), from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, foundation”), from Pre-Germanic *gʰrm̥tús, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-.
Noun
[edit]grunn m (definite singular grunnen, indefinite plural grunner, definite plural grunnene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “grunn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The noun must be considered to be from Old Norse grunnr m (“bottom”), grunn n (“shallows”), and grund f (“land, ground, field”). Some of these, if not all, are derived from Proto-Germanic *grunduz (“ground, foundation”), whence also English ground. The adjective is also found in Old Norse as grunnr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]grunn m (definite singular grunnen, indefinite plural grunnar, definite plural grunnane)
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]grunn (neuter singular grunt, definite singular and plural grunne, comparative grunnare, indefinite superlative grunnast, definite superlative grunnaste)
- shallow (not deep: water, river etc.)
References
[edit]- “grunn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish grinde (“bundle”)
Noun
[edit]grunn m (genitive singular gruinn, no plural)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]grunn m (genitive singular gruinn or grunna, plural grunnan)
- Alternative form of grunnd (“bottom”)
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
[edit]- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “grunn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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