Where does “Fundgrube” come from?

Fundgrube (German) comes from German Grube, from Middle High German gruobe, from Middle High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Fundgrube (German): repository

Definitions

  1. repository

Ancestry of “Fundgrube”, step by step

Fundgrube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Grube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrubepit; mine
2Middle High Germangruobe—
3Middle High Germangruoba—
4Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via German Fund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFunddiscovery, finding, find
2Middle High Germanvuntfinding, discovery, find
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →
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