Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grīmô

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 Proto-Indo-European *gʰrēy- (“to paint, streak, smear”), from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣriː.mɔːː/

Noun

*grīmô m

mask
visor; helmet

Inflection

Declension of *grīmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*grīmô	*grīmaniz
vocative	*grīmô	*grīmaniz
accusative	*grīmanų	*grīmanunz
genitive	*grīminiz	*grīmanǫ̂
dative	*grīmini	*grīmammaz
instrumental	*grīminē	*grīmammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *grīmō
- Old English: grīma
  - Middle English: grim, grime
    - English: grime
    - Scots: grime
- Old Frisian: grīme
  - Saterland Frisian: Grīme
- Old Saxon: grīmo, grīma, grīm
  - Middle Low German: grîmet, grēme
    - German Low German: Greemtiek, Gremeree
- Old Dutch: *grīmo
  - Middle Dutch: grîme, gryme
    - Dutch: grijm
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: grimsel, grijmsel
- Old High German: grīmo, grīm
- → Old French: grime
  - ⇒ Old French: grimace, grimuche
    - Middle French: grimace
      - French: grimace
        → Dutch: grimas
        → English: grimace
        → German: Grimasse f
        → Russian: гримаса (grimasa)
        → Swedish: grimas
    - → Medieval Latin: grimutio
    - → Spanish: grimazo
  - ⇒ Old French: grimouart
Old Norse: gríma f
- Icelandic: gríma
- Faroese: gríma, grímutur
- Norwegian: grime; grimet
- Old Swedish: grima
  - Swedish: grimma, grima (dialectal)
- Danish: grime
- → Scots: grima, grimek, grimet
Gothic: *𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌰 (*greima)
- → Galician: grima, grimo