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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grimmiþō

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 *grimmaz +‎ *-iþō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrim.mi.θɔː/

Noun

*grimmiþō f

  1. grimness, fierceness

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *grimmiþō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *grimmiþō *grimmiþôz
vocative *grimmiþō *grimmiþôz
accusative *grimmiþǭ *grimmiþōz
genitive *grimmiþōz *grimmiþǫ̂
dative *grimmiþōi *grimmiþōmaz
instrumental *grimmiþō *grimmiþōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *grimmiþu
    • Old High German: grimmida
  • Old Norse: grimmd, grimd
  • >? Gothic: *𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*grimmiþa)
    • →? Italian: grinta (“wrath”)
      • →? Albanian: grindë (“quarrel”)[1]

References
  1. Meyer, Gustav (1891), “131”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner
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