Where does “drob” come from?

drob (Czech) comes from Czech drobit, from Proto-Slavic drobiti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

drob (Czech): second-person singular imperative of drobit;...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of drobit;...

Ancestry of “drob”, step by step

drob traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Czech drobit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdrobitto crumble; to split up
2Proto-Slavicdrobitito crumble, crush
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

via Czech droba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechdrobagreywacke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic drobiti →Every word from Czech drobit →