English
handgrip
Handgrip comes from Middle English hand grip, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *handugripi.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*handugripireconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150handgripe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hand grip
- Englishearliest quotation 1951handgrip
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*handugripireconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150handgripe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hand grip
- Englishearliest quotation 1951handgrip
Earliest quotation: 1951, Models Assist Rolling Stock Design: “As well as demonstrating operating facilities, full-size car body…”
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
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *handugripi
Today it means
noun A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *handugripi / handgrip