Where does “grava” come from?
grava (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish grava, from Old Norse grafa, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.
grava (Swedish): to dig, to excavate; to move earth out of the way
Definitions
- to dig, to excavate; to move earth out of the way
Ancestry of “grava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Swedish | grava | to dig; to bury |
| 2 | Old Norse | grafa | to dig; to bury; to engrave |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | grabaną | to dig; to engrave, scratch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrābʰ- | to dig, scratch, scrape |
Words derived from “grava”