Where does “grábáilid” come from?
grábáilid (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.
grábáilid (Middle Irish): engraves
Ancestry of “grábáilid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | graven | — |
| 2 | Old English | grafan | to dig, dig up; to grave; engrave, chisel, carve |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | graban | to dig; to engrave |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |
Words derived from “grábáilid”