Where does “gravan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gravan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gravan”

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