Where does “gruvstolpe” come from?

gruvstolpe (Swedish) comes from Swedish gruva, from German Grube, from Middle High German gruobe, from Middle High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

gruvstolpe (Swedish): a pitprop

Definitions

  1. a pitprop

Ancestry of “gruvstolpe”, step by step

gruvstolpe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish gruva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgruvamine; to be deeply worried
2GermanGrubepit; mine
3Middle High Germangruobe—
4Middle High Germangruoba—
5Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
6Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via Swedish stolpe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstolpea pole, a post; a pale; a post
2Old Swedishstolpe—
3Old Norsestolpibeam, girder; pillar
4Proto-Germanic*stulpôpost, pole, column
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →