Where does “gravlund” come from?

gravlund (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål grav, from Old Norse grǫf, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

gravlund (Norwegian Bokmål): a cemetery or graveyard

Definitions

  1. a cemetery or graveyard

Ancestry of “gravlund”, step by step

gravlund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål grav

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgrava grave; imperative of grave
2Old Norsegrǫfpit, pothole, grave
3Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via Norwegian Bokmål lund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållunda grove
2Old Norselundrgrove, clump of trees; a tree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Old Norse grǫf →