grafa
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to dig
- to bury
- to engrave
- to enquire (also in middle voice: grafask (grafask))
- (impersonal) to cause the formation of pus (in something); suppurate
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *grabaną (dig, trench, scrape).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*grabaną
Gloss
dig, trench, scrape
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *gʰrebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰróbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰrābʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- begrave Norwegian Bokmål
- grave Norwegian Bokmål
- gravemaskin Norwegian Bokmål
- graver Norwegian Bokmål
- gravlaks Norwegian Bokmål
- gullgraving Norwegian Bokmål
- utgravning Norwegian Bokmål
- *grabanaz Proto-Germanic
- *grabaną Proto-Germanic
- *grōbō Proto-Germanic
- *þahsuz Proto-Germanic
- gräva Swedish
- grafan Old English
- grafa Icelandic
- skurðgrafa Icelandic
- gravan Old High German
- grava Faroese
- 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *graban gmw-pro
- gravan Old Dutch
- grevink Middle Low German
- gravan Old Saxon
- grava Old Swedish
- *graban Frankish