Where does “Todtengräber” come from?

Todtengräber (German) comes from German Graber — digger.

Ancestry of “Todtengräber”, step by step

Todtengräber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Graber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGraberdigger

via German Todt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTodt
Every word from German Graber
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