*grōbō

Runic: ᚷᚱᛟᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɣrɔː.βɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

hole, ditch, pit

Functional o-grade ō-stem derived from *grabaną (‘to dig, scratch’).

*grōbu (Proto-West Germanic)
- gruova (Old Dutch)
  - grove, groeve (Middle Dutch)
    - groeve, groef (Dutch)
      - groef (Afrikaans)
*grōbu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *grōf (Old English)
  - grofe, groof (Middle English)
    - groove (English)
*grōbu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *grōf, grōpe (Old Frisian)
  - groef (West Frisian)
*grōbu (Proto-West Germanic)
- gruoba (Old High German)
  - gruobe (Middle High German)
    - Grouf (Luxembourgish)
*grōbu (Proto-West Germanic)
- gruoba (Old High German)
  - gruobe (Middle High German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
      - gruuba (Cimbrian)
      - gruab (Mòcheno)
*grōbu (Proto-West Germanic)
- gruoba (Old High German)
  - gruobe (Middle High German)
    - Grube (German)
      - Gruube (Saterland Frisian)
*grōbu (Proto-West Germanic)
- grōƀa, grōva (Old Saxon)
  - grôve (Middle Low German)
gróf (Old Norse)
- gróf (Icelandic)
gróf (Old Norse)
- gróv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - grüvi (Scots)
𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba) (Gothic)
- engrueba (Asturian)
- groba (Galician)