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Where does “дробить” come from?

дробить (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic drobiti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

дробить (Russian): to crush

Definitions

  1. to crush

Ancestry of “дробить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdrobitito crumble, crush
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “дробить”

  • раздробить
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