The word Grey is from *gʰer– meaning to glow, shine, to brush, streak and smear. Russian ‘zretʹ meaning to see, to watch, look at and Lithuanian ‘žeriù’ meaning to shine. From French ‘grège’ and Italian (seta) ‘greggia’ mean raw silk. Norwegian ‘kaure’ meaning curly lock of hair. In Spanish ‘grey’ means a flock or herd, also in the religious sense. ‘Greggio’ from a Vulgar Latin *gregius, as in lana gregia (wool), from Latin grex. Greggio is sheep in a herd, raw, unrefined, crude (petroleum), rough, uncut (gemstones), untanned (leather) and unbleached. In Icelandic grey means bitch, like a female dog.…
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