Where does “grep” come from?

grep (Swedish) comes from Old Norse greip, from Proto-Germanic graipō.

grep (Swedish): garden fork, graip – a tool, resembling a...

Definitions

  1. garden fork, graip – a tool, resembling a...

Ancestry of “grep”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegreip—
2Proto-Germanicgraipō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic graipō →Every word from Old Norse greip →