Where does “growa” come from?

growa (Gaulish) comes from Plautdietsch growen, from Middle Low German graven, from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “growa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschgrowento dig
2Middle Low Germangravento dig
3Old Saxongravanto dig
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “growa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →