Where does “grøv” come from?

grøv (Faroese) comes from Old Norse grǫf, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grøv (Faroese): grave, tomb

Definitions

  1. grave, tomb

Ancestry of “grøv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegrǫfpit, pothole, grave
2Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Old Norse grǫf →