English
gripgrass
grip + grass
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- ‘to grab, grasp’
Proto-Germanic *grīpaną ‘to grab, grasp’
Proto-Germanic *gripjaną ‘to grip’
Old English grippan ‘to seize’
Middle English grippen ‘to grip or grab onto’
English grip
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow’
Proto-Germanic *grasą
Proto-West Germanic *gras
Old English græs
Middle English gras ‘a grass’
English grass
Today it means
noun The plant catchweed or cleavers (Galium aparine).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gripgrass