Where does “silvergruva” come from?

silvergruva (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.

silvergruva (Swedish): a silver mine

Definitions

  1. a silver mine

Ancestry of “silvergruva”, step by step

silvergruva 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 silver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsilversilver; silver, coins of silver; silver, cutlery...
2Old Swedishsilversilver
3Old Norsesilfrsilver
4Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →