Where does “grabbelen” come from?

grabbelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch grabben, from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grabbelen (Dutch): to grabble, to scramble, to grope

Definitions

  1. to grabble, to scramble, to grope

Ancestry of “grabbelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgrabben—
2Old Saxongravanto dig
3Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
4Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →