Where does “grábáil” come from?

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

grábáil (Middle Irish): engraving

Definitions

  1. engraving

Ancestry of “grábáil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishgravenTo dig or excavate
2Old Englishgrafanto dig, dig up; to grave; engrave, chisel, carve
3Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
4Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →