Where does “graven” come from?

graven (Middle English) comes from Old English grafan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

graven (Middle English): To dig or excavate

Definitions

  1. To dig or excavate

Ancestry of “graven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrafanto dig, dig up; to grave; engrave, chisel, carve
2Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
3Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “graven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →