gruva
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- mine (place from which ore is extracted)
Etymology
Derived from German Grube (pit, ditch, hole, mine) derived from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (pit, furrow, groove, ditch, hole, cavity) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ghrebh- (dig, scrape, bury).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ghrebh-
Gloss
dig, scrape, bury
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
- kruuva Finnish
- Eisenerzgrube German
- Fallgrube German
- Goldgrube German
- Grube German
- Grubenhaus German
- Grubenunglück German
- Magengrube German
- Mördergrube German
- Wolfesgrube German
- Wolfsgrube German
- *ghrebh- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰrebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *grabaną Proto-Germanic
- *grōbō Proto-Germanic
- arbetare Swedish
- gruvarbetare Swedish
- gruvstolpe Swedish
- kol Swedish
- kolgruva Swedish
- silver Swedish
- silvergruva Swedish
- stolpe Swedish
- *grōf Old English
- gróf Old Norse
- grube Danish
- gruoba Old High German
- gruoba Middle High German
- grūbe Middle High German
- 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 Gothic
- gruova Old Dutch
- gruba Silesian