Where does “graft” come from?

graft (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch grāven, from Old Dutch gravan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

graft (Middle Dutch): canal

Definitions

  1. canal

Ancestry of “graft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle DutchgrāvenTo dig
2Old Dutchgravanto dig
3Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
4Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “graft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →
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