Where does “vollgrav” come from?
vollgrav (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål voll, from Middle Low German wal, from Proto-Germanic wallaz, from Latin vallum, from Proto-Indo-European wēl-.
vollgrav (Norwegian Bokmål): a moat
Ancestry of “vollgrav”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | voll | meadow; rampart, wall |
| 2 | Middle Low German | wal | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wallaz | well, spring; wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 4 | Latin | vallum | wall, rampart, entrenchment |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēl- | — |