Where does “grafen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “grafen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrabanaz—
2Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “grafen”

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