Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gripiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *grīpaną (“to grasp”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣri.piz/

Noun

*gripiz m

A grip, grabbing or grasp.
Something that is held onto or gripped.

Inflection

Declension of *gripiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gripiz	*gripīz
vocative	*gripi	*gripīz
accusative	*gripį	*gripinz
genitive	*gripīz	*gripjǫ̂
dative	*gripī	*gripimaz
instrumental	*gripī	*gripimiz

Descendants

Old English: gripe
- Middle English: gripe, grepe, grippe, grype
  - English: grip
    - → Dutch: grip
  - Scots: grip, grup
  - Yola: grip
Old Frisian: *grip (in bigrip)
Old Dutch: *gripi
- Middle Dutch: grepe
  - Dutch: greep
    - Afrikaans: greep
Old High German: grif
- Middle High German: grif
  - German: Griff
    - → Polish: gryf
- Old French: gris pl, *griffe (?)
  - French: griffe (or deverbal)
Old Norse: gripr
- Icelandic: gripur

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grīpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 190-1: “*gripi-”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*grīpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 190-1: “*gripi-”