Where does “groefkopadder” come from?
groefkopadder (Dutch) comes from Dutch groef, 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.
groefkopadder (Dutch): a pit viper, any viper of the subfamily Crotalinae
Definitions
- a pit viper, any viper of the subfamily Crotalinae
Ancestry of “groefkopadder”, step by step
groefkopadder traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch groef
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | groef | wrinkle; a groove carved into an object or a... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | groeve | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | gruova | hole, ditch, pit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *grōbu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grōbō | hole, ditch, pit |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |