Where does “graf” come from?

graf (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *grab, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

graf (Old Dutch): grave

Definitions

  1. grave

Ancestry of “graf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*grab—
2Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “graf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grab →