Where does “grævlingehund” come from?
grævlingehund (Danish) comes from Danish grævling, from Middle Low German grevink, from Middle Low German graven, from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
grævlingehund (Danish): a dachshund
Definitions
- a dachshund
Ancestry of “grævlingehund”, step by step
grævlingehund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish grævling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | grævling | a badger in particular the European badger |
| 2 | Middle Low German | grevink | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | graven | to dig |
| 4 | Old Saxon | gravan | to dig |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | graban | to dig; to engrave |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |