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Grundsow
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Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Orthographically nonstandard (anglicized) spelling variation of pdc Grundsau, used particularly in eastern Pennsylvania by Grundsow Lodges.
Noun
pdc noun
pdc Grundsau
pdc 1912 The Penn Germania: A Popular Journal of German History and Ideals in the United States 133 P. S.—Oh sawg, Mister Drucker, won's dir mix ausmacht, will ich en grundsow shtory doh unna droh henga fer der Solly Hulsbuck.
Further reading
https://web.archive.org/web/20180311101955/http://www.pgs.org/grundsow_lodges.asp, table of Grundsow Lodches and Haaptman contact information.