Where does “grof” come from?

grof (Middle Low German) comes from Old Dutch grof, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic grubaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ-.

Ancestry of “grof”, step by step

grof traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch grof

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgrof—
2Proto-West Germanic*grob—
3Proto-Germanicgrubazcoarse, rough
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrewbʰ-—

via Old Saxon *grof

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*grof—

Words derived from “grof”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grubaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grob →