Where does “grave” come from?

grave (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.

grave (Middle English): grave, burial; tomb, mausoleum; Alternative form...

Definitions

  1. grave, burial; tomb, mausoleum; Alternative form...

Ancestry of “grave”, step by step

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

Words derived from “grave”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grab →