Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *grunduzScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_grunduz
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*gʰrem-to sound, bellow, growl, roar, be angry*gʰrendʰ-to crushpã-grindaslake bottom, under-floorboard
nounmasculineu-stemground, foundationFrom pre-Germanic *gʰrm̥tús, a tu-stem derived from a Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (‘floor, settlement’), whose relation to *gʰrem- in the sense of "to rumble", if any, is unclear. Kroonen connects Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰarmyám (‘permanent building’), which would imply the root to be *ǵʰrem- ~ *ǵʰerm-. Less likely related to Lithuanian pã-grindas (“lake bottom”, literally “under-floorboard”) (pace Orel), for which see Proto-Germanic *grindiz (‘fence made of bars’), Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (‘beam, plank’).