Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/grēbiz

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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

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Etymology

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Vṛddhi gerundive of *grabaną (to dig). The e-grade as opposed to o-grade *grōbiz however, hints at a possible lost strong verb *grebaną.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*grēbiz[1]

  1. (North Germanic) digging, burying; able to be dug or buried

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old Norse: græfr

References

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  1. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “grǣbi-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 257