*granō

Runic: ᚷᚱᚨᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɣrɑ.nɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

awn
hair resembling an awn, a bunch or bundle of wispy hair
bristles, beard hair, whiskers
moustache

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰroH-néh₂-, with shortening due to Dybo's law, likely related to Proto-Slavic *grana (Serbo-Croatian grana (‘branch’)). Possibly also related to Middle Irish grend (‘beard, bristles’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	granō	granôz
Acc.	granǭ	granōz
Gen.	granōz	granǫ̂
Dat.	granōi	granōmaz
Inst.	granō	granōmiz
Voc.	granō	granôz

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Descendants

*granu (Proto-West Germanic)
- granu (Old English)
- grano (Old Frisian)
*granu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *grana (Old Dutch)
  - grāna (Late Latin)
    - grenó, guernó, grignó (Occitan)
*granu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *grana (Old Dutch)
  - grāna (Late Latin)
    - graine (Old French)
      - grenon, guernon, gernon, grignon (Middle French)
*granu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *grana (Old Dutch)
  - grāne (Middle Dutch)
    - graan (Dutch)
*granu (Proto-West Germanic)
- grana, crana (Old High German)
  - grane, gran (Middle High German)
    - Granne (German)
*granu (Proto-West Germanic)
- grana (Old Saxon)
  - grāne, gran (Middle Low German)
    - Granne, Grann (German Low German)
grǫn (Old Norse)
- grån (Elfdalian)
- gron, grann (Faroese)
- grön (Icelandic)
- gran, gron, grøn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
grǫn (Old Norse)
- gran (Danish)
  - gran (Norwegian Bokmål)
grǫn (Old Norse)
- greni (Old Norse)
  - greni (Icelandic)
  - grene (Norwegian Nynorsk)
grǫn (Old Norse)
- gran, græn (Old Swedish)
  - gran (Swedish)

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