Where does “Graufgrowa” come from?

Graufgrowa (Plautdietsch) comes from Gaulish growa, from Plautdietsch growen, from Middle Low German graven, from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Graufgrowa (Plautdietsch): gravedigger

Definitions

  1. gravedigger

Ancestry of “Graufgrowa”, step by step

Graufgrowa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gaulish growa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishgrowa—
2Plautdietschgrowento dig
3Middle Low Germangravento dig
4Old Saxongravanto dig
5Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
6Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via Plautdietsch Grauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschGraufgrave place for human burial
2Middle Low Germangrav—
3Old Saxongraf—
4Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →