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.
Ancestry of “grab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | grap | grave |
| 2 | Old High German | grap | grave; tomb |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grabą | grave |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |