Where does “grave” come from?

grave (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French gravé, from Middle French grave, from Old French gravé, from Medieval Latin grava, from Gaulish grawa, from Proto-Celtic grāwā, from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- — to grind.

grave (Norwegian Bokmål): to dig

Definitions

  1. to dig

Ancestry of “grave”, step by step

grave traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gravé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgravépast participle of graver; burned
2Middle Frenchgravegravel
3Old Frenchgravégravel
4Medieval Latingrava—
5Gaulishgrawa—
6Proto-Celticgrāwāgravel, pebbles
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰroh₁weh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreh₁w-to grind

via Old Norse grafa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegrafato dig; to bury; to engrave
2Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “grave”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreh₁w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰroh₁weh₂ →Every word from Proto-Celtic grāwā →