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
- Alternative form of grave
Ancestry of “grafe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | græf | grave |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *grab | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grabą | grave |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |
Words derived from “grafe”