Where does “grāven” come from?

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

grāven (Middle Dutch): To dig

Definitions

  1. To dig

Ancestry of “grāven”, step by step

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

Words derived from “grāven”

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