Where does “graf” come from?

graf (Dutch) comes from French gravé, from Middle French grave, from Old French gravé, from Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā, from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- — to grind.

graf (Dutch): grave; very

Definitions

  1. grave; very

Ancestry of “graf”, step by step

graf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gravé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgravépast participle of graver; burned
2Middle Frenchgravegravel
3Old Frenchgravégravel
4Medieval Latingrava
5Gaulishgrawa
6Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind

via Middle Dutch graf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgraf
2Old Dutchgrafgrave
3Proto-West Germanic*grab
4Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “graf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w-