Where does “grūbe” come from?

grūbe (Middle High German) comes from Old High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “grūbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangruoba—
2Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
3Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →