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

Definitions

  1. grave

Ancestry of “grab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →