- ghrebh-2
- ghrebh-2English meaning: to scratch, digDeutsche Übersetzung: “kratzen, scharren, graben”Note: (Not always certain from ghrebh- “ gripe, rake “ to divide; identical with it?; see Persson Beitr. 728 A. 1).Note: Root ghrebh-2 : to scratch, dig; derived from Root ghrebh-1, gherbh-; root widening ghrebhü- : to grab.Material: Goth. graban “dig”, O.Ice. grafa “ notch, dig, prick ornaments “ (Plur. preterit O.Ice. grǫfum indicating to a present grefa, really records altNor. and O.S. (græva)), O.E. grafan ds., O.S. bigraƀan “bury”, O.H.G. graban “ dig, bury, engrave “; O.Fris. grēva schw. v. s. meaning, Dutch groeven “ trickle, groove, make furrows or channels “; iterative to graban-: O.H.G. grubilōn “ dig naggingly, rummage through, investigate “, M.H.G. grũbeln ds.; Goth. grōba f. “ditch, trench, channel” Maybe Alb. gropë “ditch, trench, channel” O.E. grafu, O.Ice. grǫf f. “pit, pothole, grave” (Gmc. *grabō); Goth. grōba f. “pit, pothole, cave”, O.Ice. grōf ds., O.H.G. gruoba “pit, pothole, cave, gullet” (Gmc. *grōbō); O.E. græf n. “ditch, trench, channel, grave”, O.Fris. gref, O.S. graf, O.H.G. grab “grave”; O.Ice. grǫptr m. “ graving, grave, burial, funeral “, O.E. græft m. “ sculpture, engraving “ (Gmc. *graftu), O.Fris. greft f. “ Gracht, ditch, trench, channel “ (Gmc.*grafti), nld. gracht ds., O.H.G. graft f. “monumentum, sculpture, engraving “ (but O.H.G. gruft is folk etymology reshuffling from Gk.-Lat. crypta); Ltv. grebju, grebt “ hollow out, dig with a chisel; scrape, excavate, seize “, greblis m. “ gouge, type of chisel; Schrapmesser “ (also rake, see under ghrebh- “ gripe “); O.C.S. pogrebǫ, pogreti “bury”, Ser.-Cr. grèbêm, grèbsti “ dig, scratch, scrape”, with prefix po- “bury”, Cz. (old) hřebu, hřébsti “dig, bury”, Pol. grzebę, grzésć ‘scratch, scrape, dig, bury”; zero grade Slav. *grьběti in O.Cz. hřbieti “ lie buried “, nowadays pohřbiti “bury”; iterative O.C.S. pogrěbati, gribati “bury”, Russ. pogrebátь ds., Ser.-Cr. (old) zagribati “ bury “, Cz. hrěbati “ upbraid, rebuke”, Pol. grzebię, grzebać “ curry, scratch, scrape”, with po- “bury”; Church Slavic grebenь “comb”, Russ. grébenь ds., Ser.-Cr. grȅbên “ comb, sting, prick, carding, ridge “, Cz. hřeben “comb, garden rake “; Maybe Alb. (*hřeben) krehën “comb” Pol. grzebień ds.; O.C.S. grobъ “grave”, Ser.-Cr. grȍb (gen. grôba), Cz. hrob, Russ. grob (gen. gróba). Maybe Alb. graba “erosion, hollowing out”, also a zero grade noun *graba, grath “tooth, prong (for digging) “, grehull “thicket”.References: WP. I 653 f., Trautmann 96.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.