Proto-Germanic: *granō(n)
Meaning: beard, moustache
Gothic: *grana f. (a): acc. pl. granōs `pigtail' (Isidor Orig. XIX 23, 7)
Old Norse: grɔn f. `Barthaar, Schnurrbart; Lippe'
Norwegian: dial. gron `Schnurrbart'
Old English: granu (granae, grane), -an f. `moustache'
Old High German: grana `Barthaar, Schnurrbart' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: gran, grane st./wk. f. 'haarspitze, barthaar bes. an der oberlippe; stachliches haar, granne, gräte'
German: Granne f. `Ährenstachel'
