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