grunt

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰrun-“to shout”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*grunnōną“to grunt”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*grunnatjaną“to grunt”
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*grunnattjan
5. Old English · inherited fromgrunnettan“to grunt”
6. Middle English · inherited fromgrunten
7. English todaygrunt

From Middle English grunten, from Old English grunnettan (“to grunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *grunnattjan, from Proto-Germanic *grunnatjaną (“to grunt”), frequentative of Proto-Germanic *grunnōną (“to grunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrun- (“to shout”). Cognate with German grunzen (“to grunt”), Danish grynte (“to grunt”). The noun senses are all instances of zero derivation from the verb.

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