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
Ancestry of “graba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Gothic | 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 | ditch, trench |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |