Where does “graf” come from?

graf (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch graf, from Proto-West Germanic *grab, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “graf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgrafgrave
2Proto-West Germanic*grab
3Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “graf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ-
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