grem-

    grem-

    English meaning: damp; to sink

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “feucht (sein), untertauchen, untersinken”

    Material: Lat. grümiae f. pl. “ a viscous humor, rheum, that collects in the corners of the eyes “, oculi grammōsi “eye drip; pus in the eye “; O.Ice. kramr “humid, wet, half-melted (of snow)”, perhaps also Goth. qrammiÞa “ dampness “, if for *krammiÞa; O.C.S. grьměždь “ pus in the eye “; Bal.-Slav. root extension gremd-: in Lith. grimstù (*grimzdù), grimzdaũ, grim̃sti “under-, sink “, gramzde ́ti ds., causative gramzdinù, gramzdìnti “ sink “, gramzdùs “ deeply sinking, pensive “, Ltv. grim̃stu, grim̃t “ sink “, causative grèmdêt “ sink “; O.C.S. pogręznoti “ sink in the water “, Church Slavic gręza “ordure”, Russ. grjáznutь “ sink in ordure “, grjazь “ordure, smut”, Ser.-Cr. grȅznuti “ sink in “, Pol. grzęznąć, grząznąć “ submerge “; causative O.C.S. pogrǫžǫ, pogrǫziti “ sink, submerge “, Russ. gruzítь “ sink, immerse, freight “.

    References: WP. I 654 f., WH. I 617, Trautmann 97 f.