Where does “Vrapi” come from?

Vrapi (Albanian) comes from Albanian vrap, from Proto-Albanian awa-rapa, from Proto-Albanian repa, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- — to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

Ancestry of “Vrapi”, step by step

Vrapi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian vrap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianvraprunning, race; to run; to hasten, race
2Proto-Albanianawa-rapa—
3Proto-Albanianrepato peel, tear off; to peel, strip off; to strip...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rep-to rip, snatch, tear, pinch; to seize, pluck; to...

via Albanian i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianimasculine singular preposition; of; masculine...
2Albanianillstar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rep- →Every word from Proto-Albanian repa →Every word from Proto-Albanian awa-rapa →