Where does “grov” come from?

grov (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German grof, from Old Dutch grof, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic grubaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ-.

grov (Norwegian Bokmål): coarse, rough; simple past of grave

Definitions

  1. coarse, rough; simple past of grave

Ancestry of “grov”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangrof—
2Old Dutchgrof—
3Proto-West Germanic*grob—
4Proto-Germanicgrubazcoarse, rough
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrewbʰ-—

Words derived from “grov”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grubaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grob →