Where does “grøft” come from?

grøft (Danish) comes from Old Danish gryft, from Old Norse grǫftr, from Proto-Germanic graftuz, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grøft (Danish): ditch, trench

Definitions

  1. ditch, trench

Ancestry of “grøft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishgryft—
2Old Norsegrǫftran act of digging; burial, interment; tomb
3Proto-Germanicgraftuzdigging, carving
4Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “grøft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic graftuz →