Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "green" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesgrene(Anglo-Saxon) gruoni(Old Dutch) gruoni(Old High German) Surname DescendantsGroen(Dutch) Green, Greene(English) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 191.