Where does “גראָבן” come from?

גראָבן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German graben, from Old High German graban, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

גראָבן (Yiddish): dig

Definitions

  1. dig

Ancestry of “גראָבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangrabento dig
2Old High Germangraban—
3Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
4Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “גראָבן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic graban →