Middle English word greyve comes from Proto-Indo-European *gherbh-, Proto-Germanic *grabaną (To dig. To engrave, scratch.)

Detailed word origin of greyve

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
*gherbh-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*grabaną	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)	To dig. To engrave, scratch.
*grōbō	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)	Hole, ditch, pit.
grēfa	Old English (ang)
greve	Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as greyve