Where does “grove” come from?

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

grove (Norwegian Nynorsk): definite singular of grov; plural of grov

Definitions

  1. definite singular of grov; plural of grov

Ancestry of “grove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskgrovcoarse; rough; inaccurate; indecent; improper;...
2Middle Low Germangrof—
3Old Dutchgrof—
4Proto-West Germanic*grob—
5Proto-Germanicgrubazcoarse, rough
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrewbʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grubaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grob →