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Where does “grepe” come from?

grepe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch grēpa, from Proto-Germanic graipō.

Ancestry of “grepe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgrēpahandle, grip
2Proto-Germanicgraipō—

Words derived from “grepe”

  • deurgreep
  • greep
  • staatsgreep
  • kunstgreep
  • vijflettergrepig
  • lettergreep
Every word from Proto-Germanic graipō →