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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰroybʰ-néh₂-ti, an o-grade iterative verb from *gʰreybʰ- (“to grab, grasp”).[1]
Or possibly from *graipō (“a grasp”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
*graipōną[1]
- to grab
- to grasp
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*graipōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 186