Where does “dödgrävare” come from?
dödgrävare (Swedish) comes from Swedish grävare, from Swedish gräva, from Old Swedish grava, from Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
dödgrävare (Swedish): a gravedigger (person who digs graves)
Definitions
- a gravedigger (person who digs graves)
Ancestry of “dödgrävare”, step by step
dödgrävare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish grävare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | grävare | someone or something that digs, a digger, an... |
| 2 | Swedish | gräva | to dig, to excavate; to move earth out of the way |
| 3 | Old Swedish | grava | to dig; to bury |
| 4 | Old Norse | grafa | to dig; to bury; to engrave |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |