Where does “Great Rift Valley” come from?
Great Rift Valley (English) comes from English Great, from Middle English grete, from Old English grēat, from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Great Rift Valley (English): The continuous system of rift valleys in the East African Rift
Definitions
- The continuous system of rift valleys in the East African Rift
Ancestry of “Great Rift Valley”, step by step
Great Rift Valley traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Great
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Great | Taking much space; large |
| 2 | Middle English | grete | great; massive; amazing |
| 3 | Old English | grēat | great, large; big, thick, coarse, massive |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via English rift valley
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rift valley | A graben structure between two tectonic plates which are opening relative to each other |