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Where does “grimman” come from?

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

Ancestry of “grimman”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*grimman—
2Proto-Germanicgrimmanąto rage, roar, be angry
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrénme-—

Words derived from “grimman”

  • grimmen
  • grimlach
  • grimmig
  • grimmigheid
  • grimmen
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