Where does “grov” come from?
grov (Middle English) comes from Middle Dutch groeve, from Old Dutch gruova, from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
Ancestry of “grov”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | groeve | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | gruova | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *grōbu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grōbō | hole, ditch, pit |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |
Words derived from “grov”