Where does “grīpan” come from?

grīpan (Old English) comes 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.

grīpan (Old English): to seize, snatch, take, apprehend

Definitions

  1. to seize, snatch, take, apprehend

Ancestry of “grīpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgrīpanto grab, to grasp
2Proto-Germanicgrīpanąto grab, grasp
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreyb-to grab, grasp; to grasp, grab; to grab, to grasp
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰer-to rub; to stroke; to grind

Words derived from “grīpan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grīpaną →