Where does “Röstigraben” come from?

Röstigraben (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.

Röstigraben (German): The perceived cultural border between German- and...

Definitions

  1. The perceived cultural border between German- and...

Ancestry of “Röstigraben”, step by step

Röstigraben 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 Rösti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRöstirösti, hash browns
2Alemannic GermanRöschti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →