Where does “graven” come from?
graven (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
graven (Middle Low German): to dig
Ancestry of “graven”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | gravan | to dig |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | graban | to dig; to engrave |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |