Where does “grap” come from?

grap (Middle High German) comes from Old High German grap, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grap (Middle High German): grave

Definitions

  1. grave

Ancestry of “grap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangrapgrave; tomb
2Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “grap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Old High German grap →
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