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    greus-1

    English meaning: to crackle, crush

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “knirschen, with kratzendem Geräusch about etwas fahren and es zermalmen, krachend schlagen”

    Note: (and other onomatopoeic words)

    Material: Goth. krius-tan “ gnash “, krusts “ the creakiness “, O.S. krȳsta “ gnash of teeth “ and ‘squeeze”, O.H.G. krustila, Ger. Krustel, Krostel “ Krachbein “; O.H.G. krus-k “ bran “, Ger. Krũsch “ bran “ (also Grũsch, Grũst through hybridization with Gries, Grũtze); O.H.G. kros-pel, Ger. Kruspel, Krospel “gristle”, kruspeln “ knirschend zerbeißen “; maybe Alb. kruspull “bent” Lith. grukše ́ ti “ gnash, rustle, crackle, of sand” (k-insertion?; about gráužas “ horror, dismay, gravel “ under likewise s. in the end from *ghrēu-2); Serb. grúhati “crack, creak (from the cannon), hit with crack; husk by hitting “, grúšiti “bump, poke, shuck, husk”, Sloven. grûh “ stone rubble “, grúša “ coarse sand”, Russ. grúchnutьsja “ collapse with noise “, etc.

    References: WP. I 650 f.