Where does “хрвачки” come from?
хрвачки (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian хр̏вати, from Proto-Slavic rъvàti, from Proto-Indo-European Hrew- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.
хрвачки (Serbo-Croatian): wrestling; as a wrestler
Ancestry of “хрвачки”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | хр̏вати | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | rъvàti | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | Hrew- | to tear out, dig out, open, acquire |