Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To complain; to whine. · To annoy or bother. · To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm. · To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
A complaint, often a petty or trivial one. · A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems. · Grasp; clutch; grip. · That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa. See also grip, grope.
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- Root classification mention*gʰreyb-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiongripenenm
- Inherited-form mentiongrīpanang
- Inherited-form mention*grīpanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*gʰreyb-ine-pro
- Cognate mentiongripefy
- Cognate mentiongriepennds
- Cognate mentiongrijpennl
- Cognate mentiongreifende
- Cognate mentiongribeda
- Cognate mentiongripenb
- Cognate mentiongrípais
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