Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Grip. · Understanding. · That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand. · To understand. · To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab. Cognate with Saterland Frisian grapsje (“to grab, grasp”), German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen and grapschen, Old English grāpian ("to touch, feel, grasp"; > Modern English grope). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiongraspenenm
- Inherited-form mention*grǣpsianang
- Inherited-form mention*graipisōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*graipisōnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*gʰrebʰ-ine-pro · to take, seize, rake
- Cognate mentiongrapsjestq · to grab, grasp
- Cognate mentiongrapsende
- Cognate mentiongrāpianang
- Cognate mentiongropeen
- Cognate mentionkrafsasv · to scatch; scabble
- Cognate mentionkrafseno · to scramble
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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