Etymograph

English

grunty

From grunt + -y.

Formed from grunt + -y

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

adj Making grunting sounds.

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

Etymograph / grunty