Where does “gullgruve” come from?
gullgruve (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.
gullgruve (Norwegian Bokmål): a gold mine
Ancestry of “gullgruve”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | gruve | a mine |
| 2 | Danish | grube | pit; hollow; mine |
| 3 | German | Grube | pit; mine |
| 4 | Middle High German | gruobe | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | gruoba | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grōbō | hole, ditch, pit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |