Where does “sírrablás” come from?
sírrablás (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian rablás, from Hungarian rabol, from German rauben, from Middle High German rouben, from Old High German roubōn, from Proto-West Germanic raubōn, from Proto-Germanic raubōną, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
sírrablás (Hungarian): graverobbing the practice of illegally removing corpses from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study
Definitions
- graverobbing the practice of illegally removing corpses from graves, originally to supply cadavers for medical study
Ancestry of “sírrablás”, step by step
sírrablás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian rablás
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | rablás | robbery |
| 2 | Hungarian | rabol | to rob |
| 3 | German | rauben | to rob, to steal; to rob, to deprive; to take... |
| 4 | Middle High German | rouben | — |
| 5 | Old High German | roubōn | to rob, steal |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | raubōn | to rob, to steal, to plunder |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | raubōną | to rob, steal, plunder |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrewp- | to break, tear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |