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.

grab (German): grave

Definitions

  1. grave

Ancestry of “grab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangrapgrave
2Old High Germangrapgrave; tomb
3Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “grab”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Old High German grap →