græf

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Cognate with Old Frisian gref (West Frisian grêf), Old Saxon graf (Low German Graf, Graff), Old Dutch graf (Dutch graf), Old High German grap (German Grab), Old Norse grǫf (Danish grav, Icelandic gröf), Gothic graba (graba).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡræf/

Noun

græf n

grave

Related terms

grafan

Descendants

Middle English: grave, grafe
- English: grave

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