Where does “hrīm” come from?

hrīm (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic hrīmaz, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

hrīm (Old English): hoarfrost

Definitions

  1. hoarfrost

Ancestry of “hrīm”, step by step

hrīm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hrīmaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichrīmaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

via Proto-Germanic hrīmą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichrīmąfrost, hoarfrost; soot

via Proto-Germanic hrīmô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichrīmôfrost, hoarfrost; soot

Words derived from “hrīm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hrīmaz →