Where does “grab” come from?
grab (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
grab (Old High German): grave
Ancestry of “grab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | grabą | grave |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |
Words derived from “grab”