Where does “*grob” come from?
*grob (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic grubaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ-.
Ancestry of “*grob”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | grubaz | coarse, rough |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrewbʰ- | — |