Where does “Graf” come from?

Graf (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German graf, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Graf (Luxembourgish): grave

Definitions

  1. grave

Ancestry of “Graf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangraf—
2Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “Graf”

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