Where does “gruvedrift” come from?

gruvedrift (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål gruve, 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.

gruvedrift (Norwegian Bokmål): mining

Definitions

  1. mining

Ancestry of “gruvedrift”, step by step

gruvedrift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål gruve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgruvea mine
2Danishgrubepit; hollow; mine
3GermanGrubepit; mine
4Middle High Germangruobe—
5Middle High Germangruoba—
6Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
7Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via Norwegian Bokmål drift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldriftoperation
2Old Norsedrift—
3Proto-Germanicdriftizdriving
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreybʰ-to drive, push
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →