Where does “grevling” come from?

grevling (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German grevink, from Middle Low German graven, from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grevling (Norwegian Bokmål): a badger, in particular the European badger

Definitions

  1. a badger, in particular the European badger

Ancestry of “grevling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangrevink—
2Middle Low Germangravento dig
3Old Saxongravanto dig
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →