Where does “trabar” come from?
trabar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese trave, from Latin trabs, from Indo-European *treb-.
trabar (Galician): to bite, to grab; to fetter; to obstruct or...
Definitions
- to bite, to grab; to fetter; to obstruct or...
Ancestry of “trabar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | trave | beam |
| 2 | Latin | trabs | timber, beam, rafter; tree trunk; penis |
| 3 | Indo-European | *treb- | — |