Where does “grabataire” come from?
grabataire (French) comes from French grabat, from Serbo-Croatian Grabac, from Serbo-Croatian -ač, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
grabataire (French): bedridden
Ancestry of “grabataire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | grabat | dirty bed; pallet |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Grabac | — |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | -ač | Suffix appended to words to create a masculine... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 5 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |