Proto-Germanic: *griti-z, *gritan- vb.
Meaning: step, etc.
Gothic: *griɵ-s (-d-) f. (i) `standing'
Middle High German: griten st. (?) 'die beine auseinanderspreizen'
German: bair. gritt `Schritt', gritten `die Beine speizen', grittel `die Gabel, die die Schenkel am Rumpf bilden'