Where does “grōf” come from?

grōf (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grōf (Old English): trench, furrow, something dug

Definitions

  1. trench, furrow, something dug

Ancestry of “grōf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
2Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “grōf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →
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