Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “graf” come from?

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

Ancestry of “graf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “graf”

  • Grafsteen
  • Graf
  • Grafschrëft
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