Where does “grōbō” come from?

grōbō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grōbō (Proto-Germanic): hole, ditch, pit

Definitions

  1. hole, ditch, pit

Ancestry of “grōbō”, step by step

grōbō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic grabaną

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

via Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrebʰ-to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

Words derived from “grōbō”

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