Where does “Grube” come from?

Grube (German) comes 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.

Grube (German): pit; mine

Definitions

  1. pit; mine

Ancestry of “Grube”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Grube”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →