grimm

== Old English == === Alternative forms === grim === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder”). Cognate with Old Saxon grim, Old High German grim (German grimm, grimmig), Old Norse grimmr (Danish grim, Swedish grym); and with Greek χρεμίζω (chremízo), Old Church Slavonic грьмѣти (grĭměti) (Russian греме́ть (gremétʹ)), Latvian gremt. See grim for further information. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrimm/, [ɡrim] === Adjective === grimm fierce, savage, terrible, cruel, angry ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== grimlīċ ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: grim Scots: grim English: grim