Where does “גרעבער” come from?

גרעבער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish גראָבן, 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.

גרעבער (Yiddish): digger

Definitions

  1. digger

Ancestry of “גרעבער”, step by step

גרעבער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish גראָבן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishגראָבןdig
2Middle High Germangrabento dig
3Old High Germangraban—
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via Yiddish ־ער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ער-er
2Middle High German-er—
3Old Dutch-iro—
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

Words derived from “גרעבער”

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