Where does “graban” come from?

graban (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “graban”, step by step

graban traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic graban

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

via Proto-Indo-European gʰróbʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʰróbʰ-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrebʰ-to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

Words derived from “graban”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →