Where does “grafe” come from?

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

grafe (Middle English): Alternative form of grave

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of grave

Ancestry of “grafe”, step by step

grafe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English græf

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

via Old English grafu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrafucave, grave, trench
2Proto-West Germanic*grabu—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grab →