Where does “graba” come from?

graba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German graben, from Middle High German graben, from Old High German graban, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

graba (Serbo-Croatian): ditch

Definitions

  1. ditch

Ancestry of “graba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangrabento dig; to burrow
2Middle High Germangrabento dig
3Old High Germangraban—
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →