gruft

From Middle High German gruft, kruft, from Old High German gruft, kruft, chruft, from Proto-West Germanic *krufti, an early borrowing from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Cognate with Dutch krocht, Middle Low German kruft, Old English cruft. Doublet of Grotte and Krypta. Some authors think that the word may have been merged with a native West Germanic *grufti, deverbal from *graban (“to dig”). However, since the form with ⟨g⟩ appears almost exclusively in High German, it is mor