Where does “*grōbu” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*grōbu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
2Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “*grōbu

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic grabanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic grōbō