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Where does “zobać” come from?

zobać (Old Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic zobati, from Proto-Indo-European ǵebʰ- — jaw, mouth; to eat, chew; branch.

zobać (Old Polish): to peck

Definitions

  1. to peck

Ancestry of “zobać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviczobatito peck
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵebʰ-jaw, mouth; to eat, chew; branch

Words derived from “zobać”

  • Dziuban
  • Dziuba
  • dziobać
  • szablodziób
  • dziób
  • дзюба
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