Grind

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine, regional, strong) scab (on a wound)
2. (masculine, regional, strong) various kinds of scab-like skin disesases or conditions, such as scabies, scurf, dandruff
3. (Switzerland, informal, masculine, strong) head
4. (masculine, strong) animal head

Sinonieme

Schorf

Räude

Krätze

Grindflechte

Skabies

Erbgrind

Tierräude

Favus

Flechte

Kruste

Vertalings

sarna

scab

gale

hoofdzeer

mange

scabbia

rogna

tigna

teigne

favo

Favus

favus

kletskop

schurft

roofje

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡʁɪnt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle High German: grint

Geërf van Old High German: grint

Verwante met Fries: grint

Verwante met Nederlands: grind

Verwante met Nederlands: grinden

Verwante met Engels: grind

In summary

From Middle High German grint, from Old High German grint, from Proto-West Germanic *grind, from Proto-Germanic *grindą (“grounds, ground material”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ- (“to crush”).
Cognate with West Frisian grint (“gravel”), Dutch grind (“gravel; shingle”), obsolete Dutch grinden (“to grind, rub, crush”). More at English grind. The sense for head developed metonymically as a clipping of Kopfgrind.