Where does “gegripan” come from?

gegripan (Old English) comes from Old English grīpan, from Proto-West Germanic grīpan, from Proto-Germanic grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreyb-, from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- — to rub; to stroke; to grind.

gegripan (Old English): to gripe, grab, grasp, seize, snatch from, lay...

Definitions

  1. to gripe, grab, grasp, seize, snatch from, lay...

Ancestry of “gegripan”, step by step

gegripan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English grīpan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrīpanto seize, snatch, take, apprehend
2Proto-West Germanicgrīpanto grab, to grasp
3Proto-Germanicgrīpanąto grab, grasp
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreyb-to grab, grasp; to grasp, grab; to grab, to grasp
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰer-to rub; to stroke; to grind

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grīpaną →