Proto-Germanic *grīsaz

→ English grizzle (derived)

→ Cimbrian grisat (derived)

→ Cimbrian griizot (derived)

→ Corsican grisgiu (derived)

→ German greis (inherited)

→ German gries (derived)

→ Middle Dutch grijs (inherited)

→ Middle English gris (cognate)

→ Middle English grys (derived)

→ French gris (derived)

→ French éminence grise (derived)

→ Old French gris (derived)

→ North Frisian gre (inherited)

→ Galician gris (derived)

→ Central Franconian jries (inherited)

→ Maltese griż (derived)

→ Dutch grijs (inherited)

→ Portuguese gris (derived)

→ Old Portuguese gris (derived)