Where does “grava” come from?

grava (French) comes from French graver, from Frankish graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grava (French): third-person singular past historic of graver

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of graver

Ancestry of “grava”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgraverto engrave; to carve; to burn
2Frankishgrabanto dig, engrave; to dig; to engrave
3Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Frankish graban →