Proto-Germanic

*grabaną

‘to dig’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *grabaną.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *grabaną, most familiar first.

• grave ← graven ← grafan
• graft ← graven ← gravan ← *graban
• graven ← grafen ← *grabanaz
• graben ← grabe ← grabo ← *graban
• gracht ← *graft ← *graftuz
• heliogravure ← gravure ← graver ← *graban
• pyrogravure ← gravure ← graver ← *graban

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *grabaną