grauw
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɣrɑu̯/
adj
Definitions
- (literally) grey, not brightly colored, ashen, grubby, grimy
- (figuratively) dreary, grim, gloomy, desperate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch grau inherited from Old Dutch *grāo inherited from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (grey).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grēwaz
Gloss
grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blue-grey English
- grey English
- grey-blue English
- grey-haired English
- greyback English
- greybeard English
- greyboard English
- greybody English
- greyen English
- greyers English
- greyfriar English
- greyhead English
- greyish English
- greylead English
- greyline English
- greylist English
- greyly English
- greymuzzle English
- greyness English
- greyscale English
- greyschist English
- greystone English
- greyware English
- greywater English
- greywether English
- nongrey English
- pinko-grey English
- ungrey English
- as Dutch, Flemish
- asgrauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauw Dutch, Flemish
- blauwgrauw Dutch, Flemish
- grauwblauw Dutch, Flemish
- grauwheid Dutch, Flemish
- grauwtje Dutch, Flemish
- grauwvuur Dutch, Flemish
- vuur Dutch, Flemish
- *ghreghwos Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰregʰwos Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- blågrå Norwegian Bokmål
- grå Norwegian Bokmål
- gråaktig Norwegian Bokmål
- gråbein Norwegian Bokmål
- gråhvit Norwegian Bokmål
- gråhåra Norwegian Bokmål
- gråhåret Norwegian Bokmål
- gråsone Norwegian Bokmål
- lysegrå Norwegian Bokmål
- sølvgrå Norwegian Bokmål
- *grēwaz Proto-Germanic
- グレイ Japanese
- græg Old English
- grǣġ Old English
- grey Middle English
- grár Old Norse
- gris Old French
- aschgrau Middle Dutch
- grau Middle Dutch
- grao Old High German
- grāo Old High German
- gris Norman
- *grāo Old Dutch
- graw Middle Low German
- grao Old Saxon
- graaw Alemannic German
- *gris Frankish
- grag German Low German
- gre Tok Pisin
- grepela Tok Pisin
- gro Pennsylvania German