Etymology Explorer › DanishWhere does “grave” come from? grave (Danish) comes from Italian grave, from Latin gravis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.
grave (Danish): grave; "accent grave" – accent grave, grave...
Definitions grave; "accent grave" – accent grave, grave... Ancestry of “grave”, step by step grave traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian grave Step Language Word Meaning 1 Italian grave grave, serious; heavy; solemn 2 Latin gravis heavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious 3 Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us heavy 4 Proto-Indo-European -us Forms adjectives from Caland system roots
via Old Norse grafa Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old Norse grafa to dig; to bury; to engrave 2 Proto-Germanic grabaną to dig; to engrave, scratch 3 Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- to dig, scratch, scrape