Where does “gruve” come from?

gruve (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish grube, from German Grube, from Middle High German gruobe, from Middle High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

gruve (Norwegian Bokmål): a mine

Definitions

  1. a mine

Ancestry of “gruve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishgrubepit; hollow; mine
2GermanGrubepit; mine
3Middle High Germangruobe—
4Middle High Germangruoba—
5Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
6Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “gruve”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →
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