Grim Reaper
English
/ˈɡɹɪm ˈɹiːpə/, /ˈɡɹɪm ˈɹipɚ/
proper noun
Definitions
- A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.
Etymology
Compound from English grim + English reaper root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (thunder, grumble, roar, resound, rub, grind, scrape, tear, scratch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰrem-
Gloss
thunder, grumble, roar, resound, rub, grind, scrape, tear, scratch
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
⛈️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grim English
- grim-gram English
- grimdark English
- grimful English
- grimless English
- grimlike English
- grimly English
- grimmish English
- grimness English
- grimsir English
- grimsome English
- reap English
- reaper English
- χρόμαδος Ancient Greek
- χρόμος Ancient Greek
- *gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gramaz Proto-Germanic
- *gramô Proto-Germanic
- *grimmaz Proto-Germanic
- grima Old English
- grim Middle English
- reper Middle English
- *grьměti Proto-Slavic
- *grīmō gmw-pro