Where does “graba” come from?

graba (Galician) comes from Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

graba (Galician): ditch

Definitions

  1. ditch

Ancestry of “graba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothic𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰ditch, trench
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 Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 →
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