Where does “graben” come from?

Graben comes from German Graben, from Old High German grabo, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ-, a root meaning to dig or scrape.

graben (English): An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded...

Definitions

  1. An elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded...

Ancestry of “graben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrabento dig; to burrow
2Middle High Germangrabento dig
3Old High Germangraban—
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →