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

Alternative forms

• *grabō

Etymology

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

Noun

*grabą n

1. 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

• 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: 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