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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | grof | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *grob | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grubaz | coarse, rough |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrewbʰ- | — |
Words derived from “grof”