Grind

Meaning

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

Concepts

scab

mange

itch

scabies

tetter

Synonyms

Schorf

Räude

Krätze

Grindflechte

Skabies

Erbgrind

Tierräude

Favus

Flechte

Kruste

Translations

sarna

gale

hoofdzeer

teigne

rogna

scabbia

tigna

Favus

favus

kletskop

schurft

roofje

sarna

costra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁɪnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: grint

Inherited from Old High German: grint

Cognate with Western Frisian: grint

Cognate with Dutch: grind

Cognate with Dutch: grinden

Cognate with English: 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.