Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grabą

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grabą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from the verb *grabaną (“to dig”)[1]

Noun

*grabą n

1. that which is dug (ditch, trench, hole, etc.)
2. grave

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *grabą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*grabą	*grabō
vocative	*grabą	*grabō
accusative	*grabą	*grabō
genitive	*grabas, *grabis	*grabǫ̂
dative	*grabai	*grabamaz
instrumental	*grabō	*grabamiz

Related terms

• *grabaną
• *grabō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *grab
  • Old English: græf
    • Middle English: grave, grafe
      • Scots: grave, grawe, graive, graiwe, greawe
      • English: grave
  • Old Frisian: gref
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum: greef

    • Saterland Frisian: Grääf, Grääb
    • West Frisian: grêf
  • Old Saxon: graf
    • Middle Low German: grav
      • Low German: Graf, Graff
      • Plautdietsch: Graw
  • Old Dutch: *graf
    • Middle Dutch: graf
      • Dutch: graf
        • Afrikaans: graf
      • Limburgish: graaf
  • Old High German: grab, grap
    • Middle High German: grap
      • Central Franconian: Grav, Jrav

        Hunsrik: Graab

        Luxembourgish: Graf

      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: grap

      • East Central German:

        Vilamovian: graob, grob

      • East Franconian:
      • German: Grab
      • Rhine Franconian: Grab

        Frankfurterisch: [krɑːp], (plural) [kʀεːvæ̆]

      • Yiddish: גרוב‎ (grub)
• Old Norse: grǫf, graf
  • Icelandic: gröf
  • Faroese: grøv
  • Norn: gref
  • Norwegian: grav
  • Swedish: grav
  • Danish: grav
  • Elfdalian: grav
  • Gutnish: grav

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “graba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 185