Where does “gröf” come from?

gröf (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse grǫf, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

gröf (Icelandic): grave; trench

Definitions

  1. grave; trench

Ancestry of “gröf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegrǫfpit, pothole, grave
2Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Old Norse grǫf →