Where does “grava” come from?

grava (Faroese) comes from Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grava (Faroese): to dig

Definitions

  1. to dig

Ancestry of “grava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegrafato dig; to bury; to engrave
2Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Old Norse grafa →