grêf

See also: gref

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gref, from Proto-Germanic *grabą, *grabō (“grave, trench, ditch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrābʰ- (“to dig, scratch, scrape”). Compare English grave, Low German Graf, Graff, Dutch graf, German Grab, Danish grav, Icelandic gröf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɛːf/

Noun

grêf n (plural grêven)

  1. grave, tomb
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