groot
adj
Meaning
- big, great, large
Etymology / origin
From Old Frisian grāt, from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“big, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rub; to stroke; to grind; to remove”). Cognates include West Frisian grut.
- grut(West Frisian)→
- *gʰer-(ine-pro)→
- *grautaz(gem-pro)→
- *graut(gmw-pro)→
- grāt(ofs)→
- groot (North Frisian)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh, cog
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