Where does “grab” come from?
grab (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic grabrъ, from Proto-Indo-European grābʰ-.
grab (Lower Sorbian): hornbeam
Ancestry of “grab”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | grabrъ | hornbeam |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | grābʰ- | — |