begraven

Middle Dutch

verb

Definitions

to bury
to delimit (land) with a ditch
to fortify

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch bigravan derived from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną (bury, engrave, inter, dig around) affix from Middle Dutch grāven.

Origin

Middle Dutch

grāven

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Cognates and derived terms

graven Dutch, Flemish
*gʰrebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*bigrabaną Proto-Germanic
begrava Swedish
begrafan Old English
begrāven Middle Dutch
grāven Middle Dutch
bigraban Old High German
𐌱𐌹𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
bigravan Old Dutch
gravan Old Dutch
bigravan Old Saxon
bygrōwa Vilamovian