Where does “grøft” come from?

grøft (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse grǫftr, from Proto-Germanic graftuz, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grøft (Norwegian Bokmål): a ditch; a trench

Definitions

  1. a ditch; a trench

Ancestry of “grøft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegrǫftran act of digging; burial, interment; tomb
2Proto-Germanicgraftuzdigging, carving
3Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic graftuz →