Where does “graven” come from?

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

Ancestry of “graven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangravan—
2Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
3Proto-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 Old High German gravan →