grillen
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- to irritate, annoy
- to be grievous to, vex
Etymology
Derived from Old English grillan derived from Proto-Germanic *grel- (make angry, shout) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gher- (rattle, glow, shine, grumble, make a noise).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gher-
Gloss
rattle, glow, shine, grumble, make a noise
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- annoy English
- annoyable English
- annoybot English
- annoyer English
- annoyeth English
- annoyful English
- annoying English
- annoyment English
- annoyware English
- vex English
- vexable English
- vexation English
- vexed English
- vexer English
- vexest English
- vexeth English
- grollen German
- *gher- Proto-Indo-European
- *ghreghwos Proto-Indo-European
- *grel- Proto-Germanic
- grillan Old English
- enoien, annoien, anoien Middle English
- vexen Middle English
- นอย Thai
- grollen Middle High German