Where does “grimmen” come from?

grimmen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch grimmen, from Old Dutch grimman, from Proto-West Germanic *grimman, from Proto-Germanic grimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrénme-.

grimmen (Dutch): to grimace; to growl, to roar

Definitions

  1. to grimace; to growl, to roar

Ancestry of “grimmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgrimmento be angry, to rage; to growl, to snarl; to grin...
2Old Dutchgrimman—
3Proto-West Germanic*grimmanto rage, roar, be angry
4Proto-Germanicgrimmanąto rage, roar, be angry
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrénme-—

Words derived from “grimmen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrénme- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grimmaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grimman →