An difríocht idir athruithe ar: "Grian (bandia)"

Cé go bhfuil brí a hainm ná "an ghrian" go litearthalitriúil, tá an focal féin fréamhaithe ón bPrótaio-Ind-Eorpais *''g^wher-'', a chiallaíonn "bheith te" nó "dóigh/loisc", seachas na fréamhaithe le haghaidh ''grian'' i dteangacha Ind-Eorpacha eile, mar shampla, ''sun'', ''sol'' srl.{{snf|Nikolaev|The Germanic word for sword and delocatival derivation in Proto-Indo-European|http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nikolaev/files/Nikolaev_The_Germanic_Word_for_Sword.pdf}}