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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grimmaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰrem-nó-s or *ǵʰrem-wó-s, from *ǵʰrem- (to vex; to be angry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrim.mɑz/

Adjective

*grimmaz[1][2][3]

  1. grim, grimly, fierce

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *grimm
    • Old English: grimm, grim
    • Old Frisian: grimm, grim
    • Old Saxon: grim
      • Middle Low German: grim
    • Old Dutch: grim
    • Old High German: grim
  • Old Norse: grimmr
    • Icelandic: grimmur
    • Faroese: grimmur, grimur
    • Norn: grimm
    • Norwegian: grim
    • Old Swedish: grimber, grumber, grymber
    • Old Danish: grim
    • Elfdalian: grymm
    • Gutnish: greimuar, greimugur
  • Gothic: *𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌼𐍃 (*grimms)[4]

References

  1. Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “grim”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 144:*grimma-
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ʒremmaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
  3. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “grimm”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 278:g. *gremma-
  4. Coromines, Joan (1961) “grima”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 304:gót. *GRIMMS
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