grym

Swedish

/ɡrʏm/

adjective

Definitions

cruel (not nice), mean, heartless, sinister, grim
(colloquial) cool, nice; awesome, amazing, fantastic

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse grimmr derived from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz (grim, fierce).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*grimmaz

Gloss

grim, fierce

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

grum English
*gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European
*grimmaz Proto-Germanic
grymhet Swedish
grim Old English
grimm Old English
niþgrimm Old English
grim Middle English
grom Middle English
grimmleikr Old Norse
grimmr Old Norse
grim Danish
grimmur Icelandic
grim Old High German
*grimm gmw-pro

grymhet