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

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
  - Middle High German: grimmede
Old Norse: grimmd, grimd
- Icelandic: grimmd
- Faroese: grimd
>? Gothic: *𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*grimmiþa)
- →? Italian: grinta (“wrath”)
  - →? Albanian: grindë (“quarrel”)^[1]

References

^ Meyer, G. (1891) “131”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language]‎^[1] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI

[1] Meyer, G. (1891) “131”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language]‎^[1] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI

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