grimm

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (to thunder).

Cognate with Old Saxon grim, Old High German grim (German grimm, grimmig), Old Norse grimmr (Danish grim, Swedish grym); and with Greek χρεμίζω (chremízo), Old Church Slavonic грьмѣти (grĭměti) (Russian греме́ть (gremétʹ)), Latvian gremt. See grim for further information.

Pronunciation

Adjective

grimm

  1. fierce, savage, terrible, cruel, angry

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: grim