Grind

Significat (Anglès)

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

Sinònims

Schorf

Räude

Krätze

Grindflechte

Skabies

Erbgrind

Tierräude

Favus

Flechte

Kruste

Traduccions

sarna

scab

gale

hoofdzeer

mange

scabbia

rogna

tigna

teigne

favo

Favus

favus

kletskop

schurft

roofje

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡʁɪnt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de alt alemany mitjà: grint

Heretat de alt alemany antic: grint

Cognat amb frisó occidental: grint

Cognat amb neerlandès: grind

Cognat amb neerlandès: grinden

Cognat amb anglès: 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.