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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

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *grab
    • Old English: græf
    • Old Frisian: gref
    • Old Saxon: graf
      • Middle Low German: grav
    • Old Dutch: *graf
    • 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

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
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