Where does “graven” come from?

graven (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch grāven, from Old Dutch gravan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

graven (Dutch): To dig physically; To search for information

Definitions

  1. To dig physically; To search for information

Ancestry of “graven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle DutchgrāvenTo dig
2Old Dutchgravanto dig
3Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
4Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “graven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →