English
Grimm
Grimm comes from German Grimm ‘wrath, deep-rooted anger, rage’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *grimmaz ‘fierce, grim’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*grimmaz‘fierce, grim’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050grim
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form‘rage’
- Germanc. 1650–presentGrimm‘wrath, deep-rooted anger, rage’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*grimmaz‘fierce, grim’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050grim
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form‘rage’
- Germanc. 1650–presentGrimm‘wrath, deep-rooted anger, rage’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017same form
Earliest quotation: 2017, John Schwartz, Tax Advice From Lawmakers Turned Lawbreakers: “Mr. Grimm pleaded guilty to a single count of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘to roar, rumble’
ground, groin, grunting, pogrom, 5 more
through Proto-Germanic *grimmaz ‘fierce, grim’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *grimmaz / Grimm