grip
English
/ɡɹɪp/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To take hold of, particularly with the hand.
- (transitive) To help or assist, particularly in an emotional sense.
- (intransitive) To do something with another that makes you happy/gives you relief.
- To trench; to drain.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English grippen inherited from Old English grippan inherited from Proto-Germanic *gripjaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gripjaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begrip English
- floor English
- floorgrip English
- foregrip English
- gripless English
- griplessness English
- gripman English
- grippable English
- gripper English
- grippest English
- grippeth English
- grippie English
- grippiness English
- gripple English
- grippleness English
- grippy English
- gripsack English
- gript English
- hair English
- hairgrip English
- hand English
- handgrip English
- microgripper English
- nanogripper English
- overgrip English
- regrip English
- sack English
- twist English
- twistgrip English
- umbegrip English
- undergrip English
- grip Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰreyb- Proto-Indo-European
- *gripjaną Proto-Germanic
- *grīpaną Proto-Germanic
- begripan Old English
- forgripan Old English
- gegripan Old English
- gripend Old English
- grippan Old English
- gripul Old English
- grīpan Old English
- oþgripan Old English
- wiþgripan Old English
- gripe Middle English
- gripel Middle English
- gripen Middle English
- grippen Middle English
- hand grip Middle English
- umbegrippen Middle English
- grípa Old Norse
- grifan Old High German
- grīfan Old High German
- gribēt Latvian
- gribēšana Latvian
- *grappen Middle High German
- *grippen Middle High German
- 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *grīpan gmw-pro
- grīpan Old Dutch
- *grīpan Frankish
- gripa Old Frisian
- grīpa Old Frisian
- Griff Pennsylvania German
- Handgriff Pennsylvania German