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Where does “गृभ्णाति” come from?

गृभ्णाति (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰr̥bʰnáHti, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ- — to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

गृभ्णाति (Sanskrit): to seize; to take by the hand

Definitions

  1. to seize; to take by the hand

Ancestry of “गृभ्णाति”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰr̥bʰnáHti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrebʰ-to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...
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