Where does “grof” come from?

grof (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch grof, from Old Dutch grof, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic grubaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ-.

grof (Dutch): rough, coarse; rude; extreme, gross, grave

Definitions

  1. rough, coarse; rude; extreme, gross, grave

Ancestry of “grof”, step by step

grof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch grof

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgrofthick; large, great; course, rough
2Old Dutchgrof—
3Proto-West Germanic*grob—
4Proto-Germanicgrubazcoarse, rough
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrewbʰ-—

via Middle Low German grof

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangrof—
2Old Saxon*grof—

Words derived from “grof”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ- →