Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grōbō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Functional o-grade ō-stem derived from *grabaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣrɔː.βɔː/

Noun

*grōbō f

hole, ditch, pit

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *grōbō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*grōbō	*grōbôz
vocative	*grōbō	*grōbôz
accusative	*grōbǭ	*grōbōz
genitive	*grōbōz	*grōbǫ̂
dative	*grōbōi	*grōbōmaz
instrumental	*grōbō	*grōbōmiz

Descendants

Old English: *grōf
- Middle English: grofe, groof
  - English: groove
Old Frisian: *grōf; (grōpe)
- West Frisian: groef
Old Saxon: grōƀa, grōva
- Middle Low German: grōve
Old Dutch: gruova
- Middle Dutch: grove, groeve
  - Dutch: groeve, groef
Old High German: gruoba
- Middle High German: gruobe
  - German: Grube
    - → Saterland Frisian: Gruube
  - Luxembourgish: Grouf
Old Norse: gróf
- Norwegian: grov
  - Scots: grüvi
- Westrobothnian: grof
Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba)
- → Galician: groba