köken: From Middle High German kīben, from Old High German *kīban, from Proto-West Germanic *kīban (“to quarrel”). The modern form with a fricative is of Low and West Central German origin; compare Middle Low German kīven. The original plosive is preserved in the Upper German iterative form kibbeln and keppeln, in Bavarian keppln, and in Alemannic German kebbeln. Cognate with Dutch kijven.
köken: Uncertain; often cited as borrowed from Gaulish *kaballos, from Proto-Celtic *kaballos, perhaps ultimately an Asiatic borrowing or Wanderwort, compare Ancient Greek καβάλλης (kabállēs, “nag”), Proto-Slavic *kobýla (“mare”), Persian کول (kaval, “second class horse of mixed blood”), and possibly Karakhanid kevel (at) (“well-bred fast (horse)”). Alternatively, borrowed alongside Greek from…
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *arębъ. First attested in the 16th century.
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From Byzantine Greek γκρινιάζω (nkriniázō), γρινιάζω (griniázō). Either from γκρίνια (gkrínia, “moaning, complaining”) + -άζω (-ázo) (but possibly vice versa, a back-formation of γκρίνια from the verb). Or from dialectal Italian grignare (“grind teeth”) (contemporary Italian digrignare), from the Frankish *grīnan (“to grin”). Also, possible influence from the mediaeval synonym γρυνίζω (grunízō),…