Middle English gripen

← Old English grīpan (inherited)

← Middle Dutch gripen (cognate)

← Middle English grypen (alter)

← Middle English grype (alter)

← Middle English gripe (alter)

← Middle English grippen (mention)

← Middle English gripe (affix)

← Middle English -en (affix)

← Proto-Germanic *grīpaną (inherited)

← Middle High German grifen (cognate)

← Middle Low German grîpen (cognate)

← Old Swedish grīpa (cognate)

← Scots grip (link)

→ English gripe (inherited)