Where does “graf” come from?

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

graf (Middle English): Alternative form of grave

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of grave

Ancestry of “graf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgravegrave, burial; tomb, mausoleum; Alternative form...
2Old Englishgræfgrave
3Proto-West Germanic*grab—
4Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grab →