Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “*grob”

52 words across 17 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic *grob — including gruff, gruffly, gruffness, gruffish, gruffy, grof, gruffiness, grof.

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Swedish (16)

English (8)

Dutch (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Westrobothnian (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Finnish (3)

Danish (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Low German (1)

Old Norse (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Afrikaans (1)