Proto-West Germanic

*gruti

‘coarse grain, bran, grit’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *gruti.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *gruti, most familiar first.

• grit ← *gryt ← grytt
• goetta ← Götte ← grütte ← gruttia

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *gruti