Where does “grop” come from?
grop (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse grófr, from Middle Low German grof, from Old Dutch grof, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic grubaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrewbʰ-.
grop (Westrobothnian): coarse
Ancestry of “grop”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | grófr | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | grof | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | grof | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *grob | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grubaz | coarse, rough |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrewbʰ- | — |
Words derived from “grop”