Where does “grāvis” come from?

grāvis (Latvian) comes from Middle Low German grav, from Old Saxon graf, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grāvis (Latvian): ditch

Definitions

  1. ditch

Ancestry of “grāvis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangrav—
2Old Saxongraf—
3Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Old Saxon graf →