Where does “grōp” come from?

grōp (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic grōpō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreb-.

grōp (Old English): a ditch, drain; ditch

Definitions

  1. a ditch, drain; ditch

Ancestry of “grōp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrōpōfurrow, ditch, trench
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰreb-—

Words derived from “grōp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōpō →
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