Where does “groff” come from?

groff (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German grof, from Old Dutch grof, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic grubaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ-.

groff (Plautdietsch): coarse; gross, obscene; serious

Definitions

  1. coarse; gross, obscene; serious

Ancestry of “groff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangrof—
2Old Dutchgrof—
3Proto-West Germanic*grob—
4Proto-Germanicgrubazcoarse, rough
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrewbʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grubaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grob →