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Where does “grǫf” come from?

grǫf (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grǫf (Old Norse): pit, pothole, grave

Definitions

  1. pit, pothole, grave

Ancestry of “grǫf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “grǫf”

  • graavi
  • graavikala
  • graavata
  • grav
  • Marianergraven
  • massgrav
  • skyttegrav
  • gravvård
  • vollgrav
  • gravlegge
  • gravstein
  • gravlund
  • grav
  • orkestergrav
  • gravhaug
  • gravplass
  • vollgrav
  • skyttargrav
  • gravstein
  • gravlund
  • grav
  • gravleggja
  • orkestergrav
  • gravhaug
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