Where does “grove” come from?

grove (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gruova, from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “grove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgruovahole, ditch, pit
2Proto-West Germanic*grōbu—
3Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
4Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →