An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Griebe

by Friedrich Kluge

Griebe (Bav. Greube), f., from the equiv. MidHG. griebe (Bav. griube, Swiss grṻbe), OHG. griobo, griubo, m., ‘greaves’ (in OHG. also, ‘frying-pan’?); corresponding to AS. greófa, E. greaves, Swed. grefwar; g in this word scarcely represents the prefix ga-, ge-, so that the word might be connected with the root of OHG. girouben, ‘to fry.’