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Where does “grabat” come from?

grabat (French) comes from Serbo-Croatian Grabac, from Serbo-Croatian -ač, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.

grabat (French): dirty bed; pallet

Definitions

  1. dirty bed; pallet

Ancestry of “grabat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianGrabac—
2Serbo-Croatian-ačSuffix appended to words to create a masculine...
3Proto-Slavic-ьcьForms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from...
4Lithuanian-ikas—
5Proto-Indo-European-iḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “grabat”

  • grabataire
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