Where does “gruewen” come from?

gruewen (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German graven, from Old High German gravan, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

gruewen (Luxembourgish): to dig

Definitions

  1. to dig

Ancestry of “gruewen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangraven—
2Old High Germangravan—
3Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Old High German gravan →