Where does “gruova” come from?
gruova (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
Ancestry of “gruova”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *grōbu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | grōbō | hole, ditch, pit |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |
Words derived from “gruova”