Where does “gravewards” come from?

gravewards (English) comes from English wards, from English ward, from Middle English ward, from Old English weard, from Old English ōra, from Old English ēar, from Proto-Germanic ahaz, from Proto-Finnic ahtas — to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...

gravewards (English): Towards the grave

Definitions

  1. Towards the grave

Ancestry of “gravewards”, step by step

gravewards traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wards

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwardsplural of ward; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishwardA warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman;...
3Middle Englishwardward, keeping
4Old Englishweardguard; guard, the action of looking out for...
5Old Englishōraore, unwrought metal
6Old Englishēarsea, ocean; grave, earth
7Proto-Germanicahazear
8Proto-Finnicahtasnarrow, cramped
9Proto-Balticanśtas
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énǵʰusnarrow, tight
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...

via English grave

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgraveAn excavation in the earth as a place of burial;...
2Frenchgraviergravel; crushed rocks between 5 and 40 mm in...
3Old Frenchgravégravel
4Medieval Latingrava
5Gaulishgrawa
6Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂enǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énǵʰusEvery word from Proto-Baltic anśtas
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