myEtymology.com: English etymology of graveyard

Etymology of the English word graveyard

the English word graveyard

derived from the English word grave

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ghrebh-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *graban

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *grabanan

derived from the English word yard

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *garda

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *gazdaz