Where does “загрепсти” come from?

загрепсти (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian гре̏псти, from Slavic *greti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic grebtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- — to seize, grab.

загрепсти (Serbo-Croatian): to scratch, scrape; to run away

Definitions

  1. to scratch, scrape; to run away

Ancestry of “загрепсти”, step by step

загрепсти traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian гре̏псти

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianгре̏пстиto scrape, scratch
2Slavic*greti—
3Proto-Balto-Slavicgrebtei—
4Proto-Indo-European*gʰrebh₂-to seize, grab

via Serbo-Croatian за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianзаfor; behind, in back of, at; during
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic grebtei →Every word from Slavic *greti →