Where does “grīma” come from?

grīma (Old English) comes from Frankish grīmō, from Proto-Germanic grīmô, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrēy-, from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- — to rub; to stroke; to grind.

grīma (Old English): mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition

Definitions

  1. mask, visor, helmet, spectre, apparition

Ancestry of “grīma”, step by step

grīma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish grīmō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishgrīmōmask
2Proto-Germanicgrīmômask; visor; helmet
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrēy-to smear; to paint, streak, smear
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰer-to rub; to stroke; to grind

via Proto-West Germanic grīmō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgrīmōmask

Words derived from “grīma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrēy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grīmô →