Where does “grube” come from?

grube (Danish) comes from German Grube, from Middle High German gruobe, from Middle High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grube (Danish): pit; hollow; mine

Definitions

  1. pit; hollow; mine

Ancestry of “grube”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrubepit; mine
2Middle High Germangruobe—
3Middle High Germangruoba—
4Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “grube”

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