Where does “groef” come from?

groef (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch groeve, from Old Dutch gruova, from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

groef (Dutch): wrinkle; a groove carved into an object or a...

Definitions

  1. wrinkle; a groove carved into an object or a...

Ancestry of “groef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgroeve—
2Old Dutchgruovahole, ditch, pit
3Proto-West Germanic*grōbu—
4Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “groef”

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