Where does “Kreisgraben” come from?

Kreisgraben (German) comes from German graben, from Middle High German graben, from Old High German graban, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Kreisgraben (German): ring ditch

Definitions

  1. ring ditch

Ancestry of “Kreisgraben”, step by step

Kreisgraben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German graben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrabento dig; to burrow
2Middle High Germangrabento dig
3Old High Germangraban—
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via German Kreis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKreiscircle; range, scope; a type of territorial...
2Middle High Germankreiz—
3Old High Germankreiz—
4Proto-GermanickraitazA scoring; circle; ring

Words derived from “Kreisgraben”

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