Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “grap” come from?

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

grap (Old High German): grave; tomb

Definitions

  1. grave; tomb

Ancestry of “grap”, step by step

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

Words derived from “grap”

  • Hügelgrab
  • Grab
  • Grabhügel
  • Grabbeigabe
  • grap
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