Where does “grêf” come from?

grêf (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian gref, from Proto-West Germanic *grab, from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

grêf (West Frisian): grave, tomb

Definitions

  1. grave, tomb

Ancestry of “grêf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiangrefgrave
2Proto-West Germanic*grab—
3Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *grab →