An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
groom — [13] No one has ever been able satisfactorily to explain where the word groom came from. It suddenly appears in early Middle English, meaning ‘boy, male servant’ (the sense ‘one who takes care of horses’ is a 17th century development), and none… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
ghrem-1 — ghrem 1 English meaning: to scratch, rub Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘scharf worũber reiben, zerreiben, abkratzen” Note: extension from gher ds. Material: Goth. gramsta dat. sg. “wooden splinter” (Persson Beitr. 99); E.Fris. grum “ … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
groom — [13] No one has ever been able satisfactorily to explain where the word groom came from. It suddenly appears in early Middle English, meaning ‘boy, male servant’ (the sense ‘one who takes care of horses’ is a 17th century development), and none… … Word origins
