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
- definite singular of grov; plural of grov
Ancestry of “grove”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | grov | coarse; rough; inaccurate; indecent; improper;... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | grof | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | grof | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *grob | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grubaz | coarse, rough |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrewbʰ- | — |