Etymograph

English

gruntspeak

From grunt + -speak.

Formed from grunt + -speak

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- ‘to shout’

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Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną ‘to grunt’

Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan ‘to grunt’

Old English grunnettan ‘to grunt’

Middle English grunten ‘to grunt or groan as or like an animal’

English grunt

Today it means

noun The slang used by infantry soldiers.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gruntspeak