ghrendh-

ghrendh-
To grind.
1. grind, from Old English grindan, to grind, from Germanic *grindan.
2. grist, from Old English grīst, the action of grinding, from Germanic *grinst-, a grinding.
3. fraise, frenulum, frenum; refrain1, from Latin frendere, to grind.
4. Sometimes but improbably regarded as from this root (in variant form *ghrend-) is Greek khondros, granule, groats, hence cartilage: chondro-; hypochondria, mitochondrion.
 
[Pokorny ghren- 459.]

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