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

Definitions

  1. thicket

Ancestry of “grǣfa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
2Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →