N. gruin adj. “ruddy” (Category: Red)

N. gruin, adj. “ruddy” (Category: Red)

Reference ✧ Ety/ROY² ✧ “ruddy”

Related

• S. ruin “red flame; fiery red” may replace gruin “ruddy”

Element In

• N. Dunruin “Red Valley”
• N. Ruinnel “Redway”

Cognates

• ᴹQ. roina “ruddy” ✧ Ety/ROY²

Derivations

• < ᴹ√ROY² “ruddy, red” ✧ Ety/ROY² (GROJ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√GROJ > gruin

[grojna] > [groina] > [gruina] > [gruin]

✧ Ety/ROY²