Where does “grapă” come from?
grapă (Romanian) comes from Albanian grep, from Proto-Indo-European grep-, from Proto-Indo-European gremb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
grapă (Romanian): harrow
Ancestry of “grapă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Albanian | grep | hook, fishhook |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | grep- | hook; a hook, force |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gremb- | crooked, uneven |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |