Where does “Grab” come from?

Grab (German) comes from Middle High German grap, from Old High German grap, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Grab (German): grave; tomb

Definitions

  1. grave; tomb

Ancestry of “Grab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangrapgrave
2Old High Germangrapgrave; tomb
3Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Old High German grap →
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