Where does “grab” come from?

grab (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic grab(r)ъ, from Proto-Indo-European grābʰ-.

grab (Polish): hornbeam, any tree of genus "Carpinus"; genitive...

Definitions

  1. hornbeam, any tree of genus "Carpinus"; genitive...

Ancestry of “grab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgrab(r)ъ—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangrābʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European grābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Slavic grab(r)ъ →